False Heart Attack Symptoms

I had an episode that masked as full blown heart attack for which I took nitro and it went away.  I took nitro the pain went away.  I tool a drink of water that caused a slight pain in the side of my neck. I felt like I had to burp and tried to. i became nausiated, then a rush feeling went to my head.  It was followed by a dull smashing pain at the top of my skill that went down the left side of my head into my entire jaw, down my throat  to my strum area straight through to my back up my chest, neck, into my entire jaw again making my teeth feel like they all absest back up into the left side of my head.  All cardiac tests were negative. Can GERD cause this type of pain reaction?

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Esophageal spasms can result from GERD, and the spasms can cause the type of pain that can be mistaken as a heart attack. Nitroglycerin is often used by those who experience esophageal spasms.