Chest injury causes heart problem?

[sunwukong]

The first time I realized my chest hurt (not severe,1~2 of 10) was one month ago , at midnight. During one week after that midnight, I have experinced shortness of breath, chest presure, fast heart beat, "lightheadedness and cold sweat at the same time(about 1 sec.)", tingling in the back, cheek, head, all left. I went to the doc and did EKG and blood pressure tests. The results are good. The doc said it was due to anxiety because I am young and female, not having any risk factors for heart attack. They gave me medicine for indigestion and anxiety and asked me to do a follow-up check after one week. I didn't do any of those things although I have expeirenced more severe headache and neck pain(most of time on the left) and left back, arm pain, palpitation after that. I trust the test results though I'm still worried and believe I do have some risk factors for heart attack: I exercise a little, sit all day long, my grandparent died of strok at an age less than 60, etc. So during this period, I exercised more, sit less,eat more healthy. Things became better (returned to only having chest pain  with degree 1~2) two days ago, and I calm down a lot.



I rethink the whole situation: what possibly caused my chest pain? I recalled I fell down in the bathroom 3 months ago. My right chest (the left bottom rib of right breast, point near the pit of stomach) hit the tub wall very hard. Two days after, that point hurt a lot for about 1~2 days. My question is: is that possible the hit caused some injury in my chest, and the injury started to cause all the symptoms gradually? Thank you.

[Cleveland Clinic]

sunwukong,



thanks for the post.



Dissecting out the different causes of chest pain can sometimes be difficult.  We always try to rule out the bad things first. The most important factor in this process is listening to the story. So you should feel you've adequately explained your symptoms to your doctor.  While you have some risk factors taht you mention, it is difficult to assess your risk without more knowlege.



Certainly injury to the chest could result in some persistent pain.  A thorough history and physical would help tell if this were the cause. It could also point to other causes. Frnakly ask your physician what he/she is thinking as to the cause.



hope this is a start.

good luck and happy holidays