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What Causes Discomfort Feeling In The Chest Area?

Hi, I am 49 today, i have been feeling a jittery feeling in the left side of my chest area, kind of like anxiety or something. I have been checking my blood pressure, blood sugar etc. and it has all been fine, what can i do to ease me of this? i also have been having a lot of leg and feet cramps.
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
As a rule in left sided chest discomfort, we have to rule out cardiac cause first.
So please get done ECG and 2D Echo to rule out cardiac causes.
If both if the above are normal than it must be related to anxiety and stress.
So try to avoid stress and tension.
Be relax and keep calm.
There are newer anxiolytics available in the market which are nonhabit forming. So you can try this too for anxiety related problems.
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What Causes Discomfort Feeling In The Chest Area?

Thanks for your question on HCM. As a rule in left sided chest discomfort, we have to rule out cardiac cause first. So please get done ECG and 2D Echo to rule out cardiac causes. If both if the above are normal than it must be related to anxiety and stress. So try to avoid stress and tension. Be relax and keep calm. There are newer anxiolytics available in the market which are nonhabit forming. So you can try this too for anxiety related problems.