Tests that may be used to evaluate chest pain include : Blood tests Chest x-rays to look for abnormalities with: Your heart Your Aorta Your lungs: Pneumonia Collapsed lung Pleural effusion (fluid around your lung) Tumors Your Esophagus Special Rib X-rays CT scans Angiograms Ventilation perfusion scanning of the lungs Pulmonary angiogram Pulmonary function tests Additional tests that may be used …
Chest Pain Causes
Your Heart: Angina,often presented differently in women. Myocardial infarction (Heart attack). Aortic Stenosis. Aortic dissection. This life-threatening condition involves the main artery leading from your heart — your aorta. If the inner outer layers of the Aorta separate, forcing blood to flow between them, the result is sudden and tearing chest and back pain. Aortic dissection can develop as a …
Chest Pain Symptoms: Other causes
Inflammation/Infections or injuries to your chest wall Anxiety/Panic attack. If you experience periods of intense fear accompanied by chest pain, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing (hyperventilation), profuse sweating and shortness of breath, you may be experiencing a panic attack — a form of anxiety. Shingles. This infection of the nerves caused by the chickenpox virus can produce pain and a band …
Chest Pain Symptoms: Your GI Tract
Heartburn, also called Acid reflux (Heart burn) sometimes caused by a Hiatal hernia with Gastro-esophageal reflux (GERD) Stomach acid that washes up from your stomach into the tube (esophagus) that runs from your throat to your stomach can cause heartburn — a painful, burning sensation behind your breastbone (sternum). Normal position of the stomach below the diaphragm Sliding Hiatal Hernia, …
Chest Pain Symptoms: Your Lungs
If there is a problem with your lungs, it is usually associated with other complaints such as: Dyspnea (Shortness of breath), Cough Pleuritic chest pain (Pain on deep breathing) A pulmonary embolism (blood clot to the lungs) can mimic an angina or heart attack and should therefore be part of any evaluation in someone with acute pain. It can be …
Chest Pain Symptoms: Your Heart
If your coronary arteries are unable to do their job properly because of blockages or other causes, you may experience chest pain known as angina pectoris. In severe cases, where the blood supply to the heart muscle is significantly disrupted, a heart attack may occur. If you are concerned about your heart, you can try this questionnaire for the Prediction …
Chest Pain Symptoms
Chest pain related to cardiac problems In general, chest pain related to a heart attack or another heart problem is associated with one or more of the following: Pressure, fullness or tightness in your chest Crushing or searing pain that radiates to your back, neck, jaw, shoulders and arms, especially your left arm Pain that lasts more than a few …
Chest Pain
Each year, six million adult patients in the U.S. see their doctor because of chest pain. Causes of chest pain Chest pain may be caused by a variety of factors that may include diseases such as coronary artery disease, gastro-intestinal pain such as acid reflux (“Hiatal Hernia”), pain from your lungs (pneumonia, or a collapsed lung), “costochondritis”, physical injuries or …
Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is the name for a combination of three or more of the risk factors listed below, you are at increased risk for having heart attack or stroke: Diabetes (high blood sugar >100 mg/dL after fasting) High triglycerides – at least 150 mg/dL Low HDL (<50 mg/dL in women) Hypertension (Blood pressure of 130/85 or higher) Abdominal obesity. A …
Diabetes
Over 20 million people in the US have diabetes. Diabetes is a condition in which your body either can’t make or can’t use insulin properly to break down and absorb sugars in your food. Most patients have type 2 diabetes. Symptoms Top « Diabetes Types Type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes, or juvenile diabetes) occurs when the pancreas makes little or …