Heart Disease and Heart Attack Forum

Hello everyone,

I am new to this forum and this is my first post here, so hopefully I can get some advice from everyone Smile

I am a 16 year old male, 125 lbs, 5'10'', who is generally inactive and spends a majority of the time on a computer or studying because of excessive work from school. Over the past two years, I've been experiencing strange occurrences that have been worrying me. Twice, I had a sudden increase of my heart when I took a very deep breath and it wasn't an increase that you would get from fear, exercising, or stress, it was a very sudden and rapid beat; after 30 seconds, it stopped beating fast abruptly (it did not slowly go back to a regular beat, it abruptly went back to beating normally which was strange). The first main occurrence that caught my attention was at my job when all of a sudden I felt a "fluttering" sensation and slightly became dizzy. When this was happening, I sort of "zoned out" on everything that was happening and could not concentrate on what my employees were telling because I was concentrating on my heart. I was about to call an ambulance but did not necesarrily pass out or anything (I thought maybe this was a first time panic-attack?). The symptoms quickly subsided and I did not hesitate to make an appointment with my cardiologist. My cardiologist did an EKG and everything turned out normal. He also put me on a heart monitor for 1 month. During the time of wearing it, I had no symptoms. So I decided to start exercising because this lifestyle of mine did not appear to benefit me very much. I began jogging, walking, and trying to stay away from the computer. However, after jogging for about 10 + minutes, I start to have excruciating pain in my back. I feel as though I can keep running, I am not out of breath, and do not experience pain anywhere else, but I return home because of the fear that it's a heart problem. Lately, I've been taking walks with my father outside and today after walking for about 20 + minutes, I started to have extreme pain in the center of my chest, kind of where the esophagus is and in my back (specifically the left area). I am going to make an appointment with my cardiologist soon to discuss these things that have been happening.

However, these are my concerns. Could it be possible that muscle pain may be causing these symptoms? When they occur, I am not out of breath, no pain is present in my jaw or arms, nor do I feel nausa or dizzines, just fear. Unfortunately, since I have spent a large part of my life on a computer, I have developed bad posture and things related to that nature. Lately, I've been trying to improve my posture but sometimes with difficulty because it makes my muscles ache in my back since they are not used to it. Could it be possible that the bad posture is causing heart problems or muscle pain?

[Edit] - I forgot to mention that I also had stomach problems around the age of 13-14. I was diagnosed with Acid Reflux and I had inflammation in my intestines. I took nexium for a year and it alleviated my stomach problems.

Thank you in advance,
Jordan

Heart Problem? Age 16