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Chest muscle pull or heart attack …No pain or symptoms

Posted by gherenda @gherenda, Sep 5 10:41am

I have chest tightness w no symptoms …
How can I tell if I pulled a muscle or having a heart attack ?

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Sep 5 2:17pm

@gherenda I believe you also have a high calcium score, so I hope you have gone to the ER. It is better to be told "It's nothing!c than to take a chance!

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njx58 | @njx58 | Sep 5 3:24pm

A pulled muscle in your chest wouldn't feel tight, You'd feel pain whenever you lift something or make a movement that uses chest muscles. Go to the ER !

P.S. Heart attacks don't have to be dramatic like in TV shows or movies. Sometimes, they are mild, and people mistake them for something else.

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nycmusic | @nycmusic | Sep 5 4:06pm

Sometimes muscle problems tighten the diaphragm and then it feels like someone is tightening a belt under the breasts…breathing exercises help…BUT best to go to ER if it continues, to be sure….urgent care centers can do a check that might help to determine whether or not to go to the ER..like an EKG .

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gherenda | @gherenda | Sep 5 8:18pm
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Sometimes muscle problems tighten the diaphragm and then it feels like someone is tightening a belt under the breasts…breathing exercises help…BUT best to go to ER if it continues, to be sure….urgent care centers can do a check that might help to determine whether or not to go to the ER..like an EKG .

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Urgent care makes total sense….
Thank you !

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