I'm a 28yo male, playing tennis 3x a week,
183cm, 72kg, BMI 21.5, not overweight at
all, usually eat very healthy and I have
never ever smoked. On the other hand, I do
have a stressful job, stressful hobbies
and stressful attitude to life, and both
of my parents have some heart trouble
(tachicardia, atrial fibrillation) and I
don't drink. And I've been somewhat of a
weakling all my life, quite the opposite
of an athletic guy.
I was feeling some palpitation and did an
ECG. It showed flat T-waves. Like
completely flat. Since then I've been
feeling pain and pressure in the upper
chest and it increases when I stretch out
my left arm (move it to the back when
horizontal). Overall I've started to feel
worse (breathless after climbing stairs
and so forth). Blood pressure was 125/80 I
think.
The doctor sent me to an Echo test which
will happen in a few days and probably
will send me later to an ECG stress test,
but won't say what could be wrong with
me.
So right now I'm pretty stressed which
doesn't help any and am imagining all
sorts of medical conditions I could have
from reading Wikipedia and Googling.
If somebody could name something benign
that this could be it would be much
appreciated and maybe will have some
positive effect on me.
If not benign then at least something that
will likely go away if I exercise,
continue to eat well, take some medicine
and relax more.
Best regards,
Janis.
P.S. I think I was probably alright last
summer; ran 10km slowly on one occasion
and played tennis 3hrs straight at times;
played tennis 5 or 6 times a week on a
couple of occasions.
P.P.S. 4 years ago I was in Germany and
there was a Chinese prophet (?) lady who
supposedly tells everybody the truth about
their medical condition. She knew some of
my collegues and told me (for no payment,
so no reason to suspect foul play) that
when I turn 30 I should check my heart
condition every 2 years.
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rahulya
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Pune
Angina?? Could Be!!! Posted: 03-22-07 09:47am
Hi.. from your history , its is obvious
that u have a strong family history.
Commonly seen nowadays with high stress
jobs is a tendency for young people to
develop angina nad myocardial infarcts. It
is indedd a good idea to be having an echo
and a stress test done. taht should give
you adequate information. if the stress
test is inconclusive, You could go in for
a CT-angiography of teh heart. This would
give you more information.Also you need to
relax and a few minutes of meditation
..just deep breathing for20-30 minutes
twice a day would prove very useful.
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