For about a year now, ever since my mom passed away, i have gotten sharp chest p!
Question:
For about a year now, ever since my mom passed away, i have gotten sharp chest pain, rib pain and back pain.?
The doctor has given me 3 ekg's, and chest x-rays, and they all were normal-this pain comes and gos and i cant really find a trigger other than stress-lately ive gotten sudden warmness or cold sensations through out my body-ive taken stress meds and anxiety pills, but they dont help-does anyone even know what this sounds like?ive also been diagnosed with acid reflux.
Answers:
It sounds like they already ruled out any heart abnormalities with the ekgs and chest xray, sort of, but you should really have a STRESS TEST--that is a medical test where they have you walk briskly on a treadmill while they monitor your heart-with blood pressure, ekg rhythm strips and pulse monitor. Then they inject a drug into your system and take pictures of your heart--the difference between having this stress test and you just having regular EKG's, is that the stress test actually shows how your heart is reacting to STRESS- in the form of exercise. The doctor will bring your heart rate up to it's maximum capacity--which is based on your age, and then the pictures will show how your heart is reacting to it.
My condolences on the loss of your mom--that is both physical and mental stress on you, and you really should have an exercise stress test to really rule out any heart abnormalities that could be causing your symptoms. If the stress is completely normal--then I suggest you see a good internist and have them do a thorough work up on you--blood tests to make sure nothing else is going on. Sometimes a severe trauma, like the loss of a loved one, triggers an illness to surface which you already had but the symptoms were not progressed yet. Stress triggers a multitude of physical problems and prolonged stress is the worst.
Good luck to you --- I hope everything works out and turns out okay. If you check out completely physically, then you at least know there isn't anything serious going on with you.
A lot of people won't do this, but it really will help you--is to see a psychologist regarding your loss. Mental stress can cause physical pain as well, but like I said above, make sure everything REALLY IS okay physically first........