Constant chest pain and headaches Posted: 01-14-08 16:50pm
I am a 29 year old male, 5%u20199%u201D,
200lbs. For the past 2 months I have had
constant headaches. I went to a
neurologist and he performed MRI and MRA
of the head and both come back negative.
Several weeks later I developed chest pain
on the outer left side of my chest near my
collarbone. The chest pain becomes
constant for several days and can get very
uncomfortable. I have been to a
cardiologist and over the last four weeks
I have had numerous ECG%u2019s, worn a 30
day event monitor, echocardiogram, nuclear
stress test, ultrasound of carotid
arteries, CT scan of chest and chest
X-rays. Blood tested several times and
even venous and arterial ultrasounds of
both legs due to throbbing leg pain in
inner left thigh. All tests have come back
normal. No family history of heart
disease.
All of this began at the beginning of
November 2007. Other symptoms I have been
getting are what feel like hard heart
beats that feel harder than normal but not
any faster than normal when pulse is
checked. At times I feel like the inside
of my chest is vibrating. I have even had
muscle twitches in my arms, back and legs.
At times I feel somewhat lightheaded due
to the headaches and become fatigued.
These problems have given me some anxiety
since the doctors can not find anything.
Over the last two weeks I have noticed
that I have a lot more gas than usual
especially after meals and sometimes get a
burning in the back of my throat along
with a tightness in my throat with a sense
of feeling difficult to swallow. I will be
seeing a GI doctor in a couple of days.
I was diagnosed with a herniated disks in
my c3-c4, t7-t8 and t-8-t9 in December
2006.
Can the herniated discs be contributing to
my symptoms?
Any other suggestions or input would be
great since this has been going on for
nearly 10 weeks.
Thanks.
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MandMs
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Posted: 02-22-08 07:14am
I can notice some relation between your
symptoms.
Having more gasses along with burning
sensation in the back of the throat,
especially, after the meal is very
suggestive for GERD or acid reflux.
Less commonly, GERD may produce symptoms
that occur in the throat like the
sensation of having a lump in the throat
and trouble swallowing.
Have you experienced choking or food
becoming trapped in the esophagus, causing
you a severe chest pain?
Do you have hoarseness and dry cough?
Do you have sensation that the food is
trapped behind breastbone?
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