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I often experience chest pains due to anxiety. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I have frequent recurring pains in my chest due to anxiety. I recently got a fitness watch and noticed that when I am experiencing this my heart rate goes way up. Normal for me is 65 to 70 when resting. When my chest starts hurting it has jumped as high as 135 to 140 when resting. Is t... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concerns. From what you mentioned, most probably you have panic disorder (one of the anxiety disorders). Let me know some more details: 1) Do you have changes in bowel habits, eating habits, or sleeping pattern? 2) Do you live a stressful life? 3)... Read Full »
I have chest pain but the reports are normal. Kindly help.
Query: Hello doctor,I am 36 years old. I am feeling a chest pain from the last three days. About nine months ago, echo, angiography, etc., were done which were normal. Still, pain is felt. Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. There are many causes of chest pain: Musculoskeletal: It is a stabbing type of pain, very annoying, and is associated with tenderness, usually following trauma, abrupt violent movement, uncomfortable sleeping position or exposure to extreme cold weather. Heart att... Read Full »
I have chest pain on my left side. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, Some days I get cramping for a few seconds between the middle of the chest and the breast bone. Also, I feel warm on the left side of the chest just above the ribs into the breast and the chest feels a little painful. Kindly help. Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through your query and understood your concern. Chest pain may be caused due to various causes in which some of which are very serious such as heart attacks. It is also seen in young aged people, especially smokers. Although most cases are benign like musculo... Read Full »
I have chest pain and under medication. How to ease the pain?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 20-year-old male who has been experiencing bad chest pains for the past few weeks. I have been taking the tablet Maxigesic, which did not help with the pain. Then I went to the hospital and was given the tablet Endone, which did not work with the pain either. Today I took the ta... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. Musculoskeletal pain is characterized by tightness and dull aching pain that increases with respiration and movement, and the chest may be tender. Other possible causes include heart attacks, but they are less like... Read Full »
I had a chest cold, and now, I feel my heart beat strongly in the middle of my chest. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 56-year-old male and have had a chest cold in the winter. I started to have a strange feeling in my chest. When I breathe fully in and out, I get a twinge in the center, and it feels hollow. I can feel my heart beat strongly in the middle of my chest and at the front of my neck.... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concerns. Stabbing chest pain after a common cold is due to pleurisy, inflammation of the pleura, the membrane that covers the lungs. I suggest you take the tablet Ibuprofen 400 mg. Consult your specialist doctor, discuss with them and take medicati... Read Full »
I am a 31-year-old male with frequent chest pain radiating to my left hand. Please help.
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 31-year-old male, weighing 86 Kg, and my height is 5 feet 11 inches. I am frequently having chest pain that radiates to the left hand. I consulted a cardiologist who advised a 2D echocardiogram and ECG. The reports were normal. After that, he suggested a Pan-D (Pantoprazole and Dom... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Chest pain is one of the most common complaints in the ER (emergency room). Sometimes it indicates heart attacks, and other times just muscle spasms. Heart chest pain is heavy, compressing, and increases with effort. The risk factors include:... Read Full »
I am a 32-year-old male with left-side chest and shoulder pain. How to manage them?
Query: Hi doctor,I am a 32-year-old male. My panic attacks come regularly. I also have left-side chest pain, which circulates near the heart, and left-side back shoulder pain. I have a gallstone of 12 mm. Sometimes I feel my blood circulation of the whole body become very fast. After the echocardiogram tes... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. You have more than one issue. Regarding panic attacks that come regularly require, treatment like Zoloft (Sertraline) 50 mg tablet once daily. The effect appears after a few weeks. As for your gallstones, they will require an operation if inflam... Read Full »
Give me a solution for fluctuating pain on both sides of the chest.
Query: Hi doctor,I have been having a fluctuating (comes and goes) type of pain in both sides of the chest for the last three years. However, the frequency has been increased in the last five months. I had gone through TMT and 2D echo tests three years before. Both these tests were perfect. I got whole bod... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. From what you mentioned, most likely, you have musculoskeletal pain. Musculoskeletal pain is dull aching and increases with movement or taking in your breath. The cause is most likely due to doing exercises. Chest pain has four dangerous causes that have been excluded ... Read Full »
Why am I having pain in the chest and arm though all the reports are normal?
Query: Hi doctor, I have a lot of chest pain and arm pain for the last few months. Especially my underarm and sides of the chest, and under chest worsens when pressed. All my reports are clear (blood and urine test, barium swallow, neck sonography, ECG, chest and arm X-ray). Though arm X-ray had slight ca... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. From what you have mentioned, most likely you have musculoskeletal pain. Which may be due to trauma or strenuous exercise. Please provide me with a chest X-ray in order to exclude other serious diseases. Musculoskeletal pain is characterised with pain with inspiratio... Read Full »
I feel tenderness when I press on both sides of chest. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I will attempt to summarize this as best I can here. Symptoms: I have been experiencing what feels like I strained my chest muscle(s). They have been terribly sore for about a week. The pain lessens after sleeping. But something as simple as stretching my arms seems to flare it back... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have checked the attached files thoroughly (attachment removed to protect patient identity). All the investigations you performed are within normal and there is no need for further investigations. From what you mentioned, you have acute muscle sprain which is due ... Read Full »