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What Causes Tightening Of The Chest After Drinking Alcohol?
I just turned 21 and i do not drink alcohol ever.. i went out last night and had a drink at dinner and after half of my drink i started having tighting of my chest and top of my abdominal pain istarted sweating really bad and ithurt so so bad.. Well after ten minutes it went away and i was fine, then went out to another place and had a drink and the samething happend but it was worse that time i was in tears of the pain i was feeling from it. My mom thinks i was having an anxiety attack buti dont no how it would be that i really believe it was somethin with the alcohol because it was after iw as drinken that it would happen and after the second drink and the paini quit drinken and was fine the rest of the night..
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Hello,
Your symptoms could be related to gastro-esophageal reflux. For this reason, I would recommend taking an antacid or PPI (omeprazole, pantoprazole, etcetera.) before racing.
If the chest pain improved, I would recommend performing a fibrogastroscopy. Otherwise, I would recommend performing an exercise cardiac stress test. If all these tests result normal, you should consider anxiety as the main cause of your complaints.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka
Your symptoms could be related to gastro-esophageal reflux. For this reason, I would recommend taking an antacid or PPI (omeprazole, pantoprazole, etcetera.) before racing.
If the chest pain improved, I would recommend performing a fibrogastroscopy. Otherwise, I would recommend performing an exercise cardiac stress test. If all these tests result normal, you should consider anxiety as the main cause of your complaints.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka
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