I get Chest pain/numbness in right arm?!
Question: Every now and then, which goes from once a month, to once a week, to sometimes daily, I often get chest pain and numbness down my right arm. The chest pain feels like someone is squeezing my heart and I can't move sometimes. My right hand turns red/purple color as if I'm cutting off the blood flow. The chest pain/numbness lasts anywhere from a few minutes to a half hour or more. I have gone to the doctors, they told me to get a blood test and an EKG test. Nothing was shown. My blood pressure is normal as well as my cholesterol levels. Does anyone have any ideas or if you need more information let me know. Thanks!
Answers: Every now and then, which goes from once a month, to once a week, to sometimes daily, I often get chest pain and numbness down my right arm. The chest pain feels like someone is squeezing my heart and I can't move sometimes. My right hand turns red/purple color as if I'm cutting off the blood flow. The chest pain/numbness lasts anywhere from a few minutes to a half hour or more. I have gone to the doctors, they told me to get a blood test and an EKG test. Nothing was shown. My blood pressure is normal as well as my cholesterol levels. Does anyone have any ideas or if you need more information let me know. Thanks!
You should go to a cardiologist. The doctors you saw were not thorough enough. A blood test will tell nothing if not taken at a specific time in relation to the pain/numbness or other symptoms...the same with the EKG. YOU need an echocardiogram and some perfusion tests etc. Go back and insist on more tests.
Your health is way too important to trust to just anyone with a computer and access to Yahoo. Here are a few links to good, free information from medical professionals
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/symptom...
http://symptoms.webmd.com
Here are 2 sites you can ask a specialist at the Mayo Clinic or ask a Web MD.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/Answers...
http://www.qapedia.com/cu/webmd.aspx