Chrissy88
03-05-13, 15:27
Hi everyone,
For the last half an hour or so i've been getting the sensation in my chest like something is squeezing my heart, it's a little painful. It comes and goes and it's really scaring me. It kind of feels like the pain is in my back as well, right behind my heart. To clarify, I wasn't anxious at all when this started, so it can't be anxiety related. I'm 25 years old, I could stand to lose a few kilos, but i'm in no way obese. When i've had my blood pressure checked it's always been good, in fact on the lower side of the normal scale. I've had a Holter monitor put on a couple of times, as my heartbeat tends to be rather rapid, even when i'm not anxious, but the results have always been clear apart from the fast heart rate. I did visit a cardiologist a couple of years back and had an ultrasound of my heart, everything was fine except that apparently I have a small hole in my heart that normally closes before birth, but didn't in my case. To be honest, my diet has been very poor lately, too much fatty take-away food, I don't know if that could have something to do with it. Has anyone had this before, i'm really worrying here. Any replies will be greatly appreciated.
For the last half an hour or so i've been getting the sensation in my chest like something is squeezing my heart, it's a little painful. It comes and goes and it's really scaring me. It kind of feels like the pain is in my back as well, right behind my heart. To clarify, I wasn't anxious at all when this started, so it can't be anxiety related. I'm 25 years old, I could stand to lose a few kilos, but i'm in no way obese. When i've had my blood pressure checked it's always been good, in fact on the lower side of the normal scale. I've had a Holter monitor put on a couple of times, as my heartbeat tends to be rather rapid, even when i'm not anxious, but the results have always been clear apart from the fast heart rate. I did visit a cardiologist a couple of years back and had an ultrasound of my heart, everything was fine except that apparently I have a small hole in my heart that normally closes before birth, but didn't in my case. To be honest, my diet has been very poor lately, too much fatty take-away food, I don't know if that could have something to do with it. Has anyone had this before, i'm really worrying here. Any replies will be greatly appreciated.