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What Causes Tightness In The Chest And Ear Pain?

I just had a tightness in the center of my chest and ear pain in my right ear. never before had i had this occur. i am female and 65 yrs. weight 107 and in excellent health as far as i know. the discomfort lasted about 3-4 minutes. any reason for concern, i am at my office working at a desk.
posted on Fri, 28 Jul 2017
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

I would explain that your symptoms are not typical of a cardiac disorder.

Anyway, considering the fact that this is the first time that you experience such symptoms, I would recommend going to the ER for a physical exam and some tests:
- a resting ECG and cardiac enzymes
- complete blood count, PCR for inflammation
- a chest X-ray study.

If these symptoms keep repeating, an exercise cardiac stress test would be needed.

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What Causes Tightness In The Chest And Ear Pain?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. I would explain that your symptoms are not typical of a cardiac disorder. Anyway, considering the fact that this is the first time that you experience such symptoms, I would recommend going to the ER for a physical exam and some tests: - a resting ECG and cardiac enzymes - complete blood count, PCR for inflammation - a chest X-ray study. If these symptoms keep repeating, an exercise cardiac stress test would be needed. Hope you will find this answer helpful!