Chest pain

Im a 20yr old female and am moderately healthy. Iv been having chest pain on and off for a few months now. It mainly occurs during the night and is made worse by lying down. It is more a sense of tightening and pressure then actual pain but is extremely uncomfortable and unbarable when it happens. Im have also become extremely pale recently and experience nausea, dizziness and fatique frequently. I dont know whether there is anything to worry about yey and dont know whether i should consult my doctor. Any help would be apprieciated. thanx

Hi there im also experiencing these symptoms. im a 22yr old female and have been experiencing this for around 2 years now. i have been reffered to a physician who was no help at all. I also have collapsed a couple of times too. my heart races very often and i experience pins and needles in my left arm. The only answer they have is go to A & E if it happens again.

I am 21 and have recently been experiencing chest pains as well.
Mine have only been coming recently and have previously only lasted a few seconds then disappears...My chest has been tight for the last few weeks. Last night while falling asleep, I was woken up with intense pain in the left side of my chest as I have had previously but a lot worse. It went down under my ribs, down my laft arm, and up my neck. I had to take short light breaths as it hurt to breathe properly. I couldn't move to make the pain go away, I tried sitting up, no help. It was a freazing cold bight, but i started to sweat. I felt myself go into a state of panic but managed to calm myself down. Finally after what felt like an hour the pain went away. Since I have been left with a tight chest and an ache. It hurts slightly more when I exert myself.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be?
If it happens again, I plan to go to the hospital or docs.
Thanks heaps,
Emily.

Hi, My father 73 years old, diabetic and with hypertension had undergone CABG (Byepass) 6 years back. He does not smoke/drink and is on strict vegetarial following a cardiac/diabetic diet.
Last 4 months or so he is having severe pain in the chest and this intensity is very high in the nights. Intesrestingly during the time of pain, his blood pressure shoots up beyond 220/120 and comes down as the pain comes down. The heart rate was also erratic oscilating from very high to very low. ECG/EKG showed no new changes and he was put on anti deprassents/anti convultin drugs but of no use. Recently his heart beats went as low as 35 and it was found that the condition combined with some renal failure as well. His condition was described as Sick Sinus Syndrome with Brady Cardiac condition. He underwent Coronary Angiogram which showed few blocks on the distal RCA which were categorised as insignificant and the cardiologist suggested for Medical Management for the same as well as severe AV Block for which he had undergone permanent pacemaker implantation.
Now the heart rate is being maintained around 80 and the renal failiure is also reversed to a good extent as per the tests. However he continues to have the pain in the nights with very high intensity (almost between 10:30 and 1:30 it occurs) and during the day times once or twice but with lesser intensity. There is no pattern of the pain except that during the pain the blood pressure shoots up to 220/120 but with heart beats mainted at around 80 (perhaps the pacemaker is helping). Again no improvements due to anti depressants/anti convultion drugs. A simple pain killer along wiht nitrate at time helps. Antacids are also being given regularly but of no anvil.
To see him suffer with such an accute pain is really worrying and as per the cardiologist/nuerologist its neither cardiac nor nuero pain.
I am clueless if there are any other reason he is getting this pain and how it could be controlled.
Any help regarding this would do a great deal in getting his pain releaved.
Thanks in advance.

he majority of children presenting with chest pain as a primary complaint do not have a cardiac or other serious underlying disorder. The priorities of assessment are to firstly exclude these disorders or provide appropriate emergency treatment and to subsequently form a diagnosis and management plan for the remainder of cases.
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