Chest pain? heart attack or nothing? srs

[8pieces]

So I have been having chest pain from last night that come and go. I was thinking it was just dehydration from alcohol but I have never had it last this long. I really only feel it if I move or breathe in deep. Also my left hand has a tingling sensation. My heart rate and blood pressure is normal. I feel normal aside from the pain. I dont' feel fatigued or dizzy. I googled online and as usual the number one suggestion is heart attack. I don't have any insurance so I can't just goto the hospital. I especially don't wanna go if it's basically nothing. inb4: goto the er dumbass

[Archangel_Lost]

if you were drinking it could just be heart burn

take a baby aspirin or something.

[digital022]

walk it off, breh.

[SettingOff]

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[RonaldMcflurry]

If you had the vax, RIP. Go to the hospital immediately. SRS.

[WiseOldApe]

All pain is first experienced above before it manifests below.

Probably has to do with how the alcohol affects your energetic system.

But yeah 'go to the doctor and get or her educated opinion', is always sound advice.

[BigNik78]

Of course get checked out asap but for me...I take a gas pill. Sometimes I get freaked out thinking I'm going to have a heart attack then take a gas pill and I'm fine. The other night I was reading a covid thread while my chest felt funny and it actually turned in to a panic attack but nope, just gas. One time it happened with left arm pain and it was a bad medication interaction.

[dabbmw2002]

have you been vaccinated recently? Could be acid reflux. My reflux causes chest pain, increase heart rate and tingling in my left arm. Any SOB? is it stabbing or a tightening around your chest? Stabbing pain just left of center close to the eso****us entrance into the stomach where acid can cause pain

[8pieces]

Take a gas pill. Sometimes I get freaked out thinking I'm going to have a heart attack then take a gas pill and I'm fine. The other night I was reading a covid thread while my chest felt funny and it actually turned in to a panic attack but nope, just gas.

I was also thinking it could be gas. I once went to the hospital because they thought it was my appendix and it turned out to just be gas. I did eat pizza last night so maybe this is it. But I would think it would be out of my system by now it's almost been 24 hours

[8pieces]

have you been vaccinated recently? Could be acid reflux. My reflux causes chest pain, increase heart rate and tingling in my left arm. Any SOB? is it stabbing or a tightening around your chest? Stabbing pain just left of center close to the eso****us entrance into the stomach where acid can cause pain

No i haven't got the vax. No shortness of breath other than when i breathe in I feel a pain. i can breathe fine aside from that. the pain is only on the left side.

[Uhyeahokay]

Doctors usually have ECG(electrocardiogram) in their clinics. Shouldn't be that expensive.

[tunafishha]

Make sure you do cardio in the morning and then get lots of sleep at night.

Slacking on sleeps can prevent your heart from repairing itself. And the hard cardio builds new blood vessels and makes the current ones stronger. People's blood vessels get clogged over time because of the fattening foods they eat and no exercise and lack of sleeps.

[dabbmw2002]

No i haven't got the vax. No shortness of breath other than when i breathe in I feel a pain. i can breathe fine aside from that. the pain is only on the left side.

if you have no known health issues, no family history of cardiovascular disease, it's probably just gas or reflux. If you go to the ER, they'll just do an EKG and troponin test, maybe a CT PE. I would just monitor, but if you are really worried, you can always drive to the ER and sit in the parking lot and give it a few hours. If it gets better, go home. If it gets worse, go in.

[MiscInformed]

Maybe it's Lupus.

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[katya422]

Doctors usually have ECG(electrocardiogram) in their clinics. Shouldn't be that expensive.

If you can see a primary care physician at this time that might work.

If you can't get in to see a regular GP and need to be seen I wouldn't bother with Urgent Care as IME for chest pain they will probably just make you go to an ER.

For me so far chest pain has been acid reflux [if you take a tums and are all better] or related to anemia which isn't as common for men.

[Autumnal]

No, it's not a heart attack. At this point you would likely be dead or feeling much worse than that if it's been a day and you're having a heart attack. Also consider how much sense it makes that your heart is dying but you only feel the pain when you move or take deep breaths. It's either a muscular/connective tissue pain like costochronditis or a pleuritic pain from some lung infection, possibly viral, possibly COVID. Apply pressure to your sternum/left chest area with your hand, if that causes more pain it's likely costochronditis or some other muscular inflammation. The numbness in your hand is most likely psycho****tic from you freaking yourself out that you're dying. There's no reason to go to the hospital and rack up a $1500 bill due to lack of insurance. Take a tylenol and chill out.

Also if you die, this isn't medical advice, but you're fine.

[knightofday]

If you had the vax, RIP. Go to the hospital immediately. SRS.

seconded srs

[scythiss1]

You might be dealing with bad GERD Op. I was in the er last friday for chest pain and light headedness they found no issue with my heart. Im 100% it was gerd from me but kaiser is dumb and they told me they wanted me to go to the er.

[WoofieNugget]

Could be stomach issues for sure. They can mimic chest pain and pressure and feel like something bad sometimes.

Although this is exactly why universal health care would be a good idea - guy possibly having a heart attack is afraid to go to the ER because of the bill. I don't even think twice especially because I have a heart condition.

[scythiss1]

No, it's not a heart attack. At this point you would likely be dead or feeling much worse than that if it's been a day and you're having a heart attack. Also consider how much sense it makes that your heart is dying but you only feel the pain when you move or take deep breaths. It's either a muscular/connective tissue pain like costochronditis or a pleuritic pain from some lung infection, possibly viral, possibly COVID. Apply pressure to your sternum/left chest area with your hand, if that causes more pain it's likely costochronditis or some other muscular inflammation. The numbness in your hand is most likely psycho****tic from you freaking yourself out that you're dying. There's no reason to go to the hospital and rack up a $1500 bill due to lack of insurance. Take a tylenol and chill out.

Trip to the hospital without insurance cost way more than that. Probably like 10 g’s.

[Ausaric]

You should probably go to urgent care just to be safe. Srs. If this is the first time you’ve experienced this type of pain.

[A1lthatrema1ns]

drink some la croix and burp OP...you got this

for real tho, i drink a lot of carbonated **** and certain drinks will cause big gas pockets that feel like it's my heart, so i immediately grab la croix and drink til I feel a massive burp coming and when i release that burp all the "chest pain" is gone....it's always air/gas pockets for me. i think it's acid reflux or indigestion, i forget

[Autumnal]

Trip to the hospital without insurance cost way more than that. Probably like 10 g’s.

Basic lab work + EKG is not incredibly expensive. Chest XR would likely be thrown in to make it more expensive. Still not 10k but enough that you shouldn't go as a healthy young male whose chest pain is associated with deep breathing and movements. Also, if you're uninsured and have to go to the hospital, you should talk with their billing department and it's extremely likely they'll reduce the cost for you, as the exorbitant prices exist because that's what they charge insurance companies.

[8pieces]

Trip to the hospital without insurance cost way more than that. Probably like 10 g’s.

last time i went it was around 6k. I was there for maybe 2 hours and this was 15 years ago i couldn't imagine how much it would cost now with covid being priority and what not

[Antoine99]

You feel it if you breath in deep? I used to get those sporadically mostly when I was younger but rarely now too. It comes and goes. In my case it lasts like a minute then goes away on its own. Probably nothing to do with the heart but if you are worried go and get it checked out.

One time I breathed in deep and didn't notice it then the pain came on but I just kept breathing in and then it just felt like a little BLOOP and it went away lol

tldr: It's AIDS rip OP

[Evantus]

No insurance ? Ok. Maybe your health is your first bet. You need to only stick to eating lean meat like sandwich beef steak and steamed mixed vegetables. Do this for 2 months. Keep drinking water and mix with isotonic powder. A few bucks will go a long way. Cheaper than buying Gatorades etc. Multi daily and every day eat a few salty chips. Like 30grams per day. This system will make you feel much better in 8 weeks. Shouldn't need hospital or meds. Don't eat or drink anything else. You can thank me later when you feel like a million bucks and 20 years younger.

[OT2000]

Talk to your doctor about anxiety

[LukeLissen]

I really only feel it if I move or breathe in deep.

probably not cardiac related based on that

Although it can be many things, one thing to be especially concerned about when you have lingering pain after drinking alcohol is Hodgkin's lymphoma.


https://www.google.com/search?q=hodg...inking+alcohol


start reading and see if that might be a concern