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I am suffering from chest pain and high BP. Please advise.
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 39 year old male. My height is 6 feet and weight is 194 pounds. My waist is 36 inches. Around 20 years back, I was heavily into sports and a winner of a gold medal at the national level athletics. Nine months before, I was diagnosed with hypertension and occasional mild chest pain ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is evident that your solution of one problem led to another. Systolic bridging does cause chest pain and also smoking can cause vasospasm that is, constriction of vessels. Hence, the chest pain will be alleviated only if you totally quit smoking. All the doctors who h... Read Full »
How to manage sudden onset left-sided chest pain?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 41-year-old male. I have started experiencing sudden onset chest pain on the left side as well as pain in my left shoulder blade. The pain has been constant for the last hour. What should be done? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The left-sided chest pain, as well as shoulder blade pain, suggests a possibility of pericarditis. Does it worsen on inspiration? If so, it could suggest some pleuropericardial inflammation, that is inflammation of the covering of the lungs and the heart. I suggest y... Read Full »
I have hypertension, headache, and pain in my chest. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 21-year-old male suffering from a headache for the past week. I did a blood test, and the reports were normal. The next day I visited a neurologist, who said that my blood pressure was 170/80 mmHg, so he gave me some painkillers, an intramuscular injection, a sublingual tablet, ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for your query. I reviewed your query. At your age, the combination of high blood pressure and headaches needs to be investigated. One rare but significant cause is a mass in the abdomen known as pheochromocytoma. So you can ask your physician to investigat... Read Full »
My husband got a chest injury. Will he develop heart disease?
Query: Hi doctor, My husband got hit in the heart during karate and got a clot over there, and he has had occasional pain over there for the past five years. He was taking medication to alleviate the clot. The doctor told me it is healed, and it has now been ten years without any chest pain, but from th... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to the icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Glad to know your husband is following a healthy lifestyle now. From the description of his leg pain and obesity, I feel there is a high likelihood that he could suffer from deep vein thrombosis i.e. blood clots in the veins. I would su... Read Full »
Why do I get random mild chest pain? Is it an indication of a heart problem?
Query: Hello doctor, I get pain randomly, like once a day for three minutes. It is very mild. When I touch my left and right chest, the left chest feels a little rough. I do not get pain when I walk or eat food. Is this pain because of any heart problem or heat? I have had this problem for the past one and... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. In all probability, this is a pain of non-cardiac origin, based on the given description. Women are known to suffer from costochondritis which is inflammation of the sternal cartilage which connects ribs to the sternum and can cause significant discomfort. Neverthele... Read Full »
Why am I experiencing an intermittent twitching sensation in the upper left chest area?
Query: Hi doctor, For two days now, I have had a twitching sensation in the upper left chest near the breast. It is intermittent and lasts 5 to 10 minutes. Sometimes the twitch can be similar to pulse or jerking or can be sporadic jerking with multiple twitches. The twitching is painless. Few times today, ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thanks for the detailed description of your symptoms. If not for the finding of wall motion abnormality on perfusion imaging, I would have dismissed the sensation as just a musculoskeletal issue. The problem is also complicated by the finding of LBBB (left bundle branch... Read Full »