Open Question: Having very bad chest pain and I don’t know why, what do I do?
about a few weeks ago i went to the Emergency Room with really bad chest pain, I woke up at 3am in a cold sweat with extremely bad chest pain, i was short of breath and i thought i was having an asthma attack. My mother drove me to the emergency room and i described my pain to the doctor, I described the pain as kind of tight or pressure on my chest and i felt the pain in my upper shoulders, my jaw (i have no history of cavity or tooth decay or anything like that) and upper abdomen area. The doctor told me immediately that it was acid reflux (which does run in my family), I was given an X-ray of my upper abdomen, weird pinkish gray medical cocktail and a shot and was sent home with a prescription of antacids to help deal with the pain. I filled the prescription and do take the antacids as prescribed but the pain didn’t stop. Over the past few weeks i kept having the chest pain like I did when i went to the emergency room, the pain occurs randomly during the day (or night) regardless if i am taking a walk with my dog or laying down and watching TV. The pain can last all day and will get worse after about an hour or so.
I did do some research and my symptoms point to possibly heart angina, heart disease does run in my family, my 3 year old niece and a few of my cousins have heart disease.
I did talk to my mom about my symptoms and she said acid reflux can make you feel like you are having a heart attack but deep down I know something just isn’t right and chest pressure isn’t something you just ignore but I cant get my mom to listen or side with me and she ends up saying im paranoid when I know something is wrong.
I have no idea what to do, I am 18 so i could go to the emergency room myself but I just lost my job (I got laid off) so I have no money right now but I don’t want to sit and wait around for the pain to get real bad and I end up dropping dead because there was a problem so what should I do?
Fri, 28 May 2010 20:40:02 GMT
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