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Palpitation and Chest pain?
Hello. Am Female aged 38 and otherwise good health. Experiencing some weird symptoms on and off for the past three years. Started first when I was a few weeks pregnant with my last born (2021 - mid COVID era) and started getting breathless and then suddenly one night woke up with palpitations and dull pain on left side shoulder and chest. Wasn’t a full on tightness but very hot and cold sweats. Went to emergency and they did all heart checks. EKG, echo, ultrasound. All tests were seemingly fine except blood test showed slightly elevated Troponin levels. Doctors didn’t seem concerned but palpitations and dull pain continued for a few weeks especially at night and when lying down. Then symptoms disappeared for two years. Then appeared again last year (2023). Same time of year (Feb - winter). Same palpitations, dull pain and breathlessness and again goes away after a few weeks, usually when weather gets warmer. Same again in later 2023/2024 but after a very bad flu/ virus. Palpitations strong at night, dull pain that comes and goes around chest and shoulder and arm. Sometimes feels like heartburn. Not constant. Worse at night. But feel more breathless and sometimes light headed. Pain around shoulder blade and back of neck. Chest xray clear. Some relief with Ibubrofen and hot and cold therapy. Chiropractor says left side very tight. Doctors don’t seem overly concerned and no clear diagnosis. But tightness can be very scary. Have bad posture and bit of tech neck. Any one experienced the same? Advice?
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I was allergic 🤧to the covid vaccine in my doctors told me not to get it they said it would cause too many side effects and so I did it and I was skeptical about the shots in the first place yes I got all my vaccines when I was a kid and I do get the flu shot and I did get the ammonia shot but I'm still I'm still skimmage 🧐😁
about about it.about the covid shot and I will not get it a lot of people dying from it in a lot of people having bad side effects from it. 😠
Oh have they checked your gallbladder by the way 🧐 hope everything is good. 😇😁
I had similar symptoms and several er visits! My chest was very heavy, and I was waking in the night coughing.
I was very physically active, with no heartburn history. When my new doctor suggested I change my diet, I was highly doubtful that it could be that simple. That was 5 years ago, and my spouse just did the same thing. He is now free of heartburn meds, and all of the crazy symptoms that acid reflux can cause. Chest discomfort being the worst, and we don’t wish that on anyone. It does take a month to heal esophagus and relieve symptoms. The Acid Watcher Diet, by Jonathan Aviv, was our guide. Good luck. Be well!
siddlebittle
Your palpitations sounds similar to how my wife describes hers. She has
a paraganglioma tumor. On this Mayo Clinic you can read about how it
effects many people. Her heart doctor told her that there was nothing wrong with her heart. Other pains also come with the paraganglioma. Maybe you can
check to see if that might be your problem. BUT, I sure hope not.
I do have occasional acid reflux and have a simple diet. I did try some meds for acid reflux to rule it out but didn’t notice a difference.
Update, they have detected tachycardia but they don’t think it’s heart related as all cardiac test came back normal. Bloods also normal. But elevated heart rate and chest pain reoccurs every 5 to 7 days, usually at night and during these day have excessive fatigue and breathlessness. During these episode I also get waves of nausea and headaches on and off.
Also, I do have quite bad sinus so trying to find a possible link.
I did do to chiropractor and got some X-rays. Nothing significant came up but there is some wear and tear in neck and spine but no fusion.