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Possible angina?
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Possible angina?
by moosejuice, Sep 03, 2006 12:00AM
I am 26 yrs old and have had pain in left arm for past 5 yrs.
It begins as pain in my bicep and a squeezing sensation and then my hand and wrist go numb and the pain seems to come
from a vein in my wrist which feelis like it is pulsating.
At first i ignored this but in last 2 yrs i have also developed an abnormal heart beat..sinus arrythmia.
I so not suffer from anxiety and i have had a stress test, echo, cardiolite, calcium scan showing score of 1 and holter
all with normal results.
I now have dizziness and a sensation that i am far away and not in the room.
I am also very confused and find it vey hard to take care of my 6 month old daughter
When i was pregnant i had pain travelling up into my neck from my arm and felt ill the whole time.
This pain is bought on by normal physical activity but especially lifting when i get an electrical sensation in my
chest, although any excersise which involves a strong grip or shaking motion brings it on and also a fast heart rate...sometimes 180bpm.
I have no remarkable family history excepy my grandfather had heart attack at 57 but was long time diabetic.
When my mother was 30 she suffered what she believed was a heart attack but refused to go to the hospital.
It was after alot of heavy lifting and she had extremely severe chest pain..she is now 58 and has recently been diagnosed
stable angina but surely if she had had a heart attack they would have known on her stress test.
I am also an ex smoker (30 per day) but quit 2 yrs ago and have recently lost 5 stone going from 15 to 10.
A cardiologist i had to see privately
It begins as pain in my bicep and a squeezing sensation and then my hand and wrist go numb and the pain seems to come
from a vein in my wrist which feelis like it is pulsating.
At first i ignored this but in last 2 yrs i have also developed an abnormal heart beat..sinus arrythmia.
I so not suffer from anxiety and i have had a stress test, echo, cardiolite, calcium scan showing score of 1 and holter
all with normal results.
I now have dizziness and a sensation that i am far away and not in the room.
I am also very confused and find it vey hard to take care of my 6 month old daughter
When i was pregnant i had pain travelling up into my neck from my arm and felt ill the whole time.
This pain is bought on by normal physical activity but especially lifting when i get an electrical sensation in my
chest, although any excersise which involves a strong grip or shaking motion brings it on and also a fast heart rate...sometimes 180bpm.
I have no remarkable family history excepy my grandfather had heart attack at 57 but was long time diabetic.
When my mother was 30 she suffered what she believed was a heart attack but refused to go to the hospital.
It was after alot of heavy lifting and she had extremely severe chest pain..she is now 58 and has recently been diagnosed
stable angina but surely if she had had a heart attack they would have known on her stress test.
I am also an ex smoker (30 per day) but quit 2 yrs ago and have recently lost 5 stone going from 15 to 10.
A cardiologist i had to see privately
Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Sep 03, 2006 12:00AM
, Sep 03, 2006 12:00AM
moose,
thanks for the post.
Your pain really doesn't sound cardiac related especially with the normal workup.
I'm not sure what to tell you without a full history and physical.
good luck
thanks for the post.
Your pain really doesn't sound cardiac related especially with the normal workup.
I'm not sure what to tell you without a full history and physical.
good luck
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Thinks i have spasms but does not want to do an angiogram as he thinks the risks outweigh the benefits.
I have had stress test...thallium test....echo...holter and calcium scan and all were normal..calcium at 1.
What is possibility that tis is angina or spasms?
I was rear ended almost 15 years ago. It caused a disk to bulge in my neck and gives me ALOT of the same sensations you are describing.
I didn't have any real symptoms until after my daughter was born and I had to lift her alot and carry HEAVY diaper bags with a purse, etc.
It is just a thought. -May not relate to your experience at all
Al Dente's idea might be a way to go...but I think these symptoms can happen without having an underlying heart issue...but it is scary sometimes...
forgot to add....i have vasospasm issues in my hands ..tounge ...feet and arms and legs..raynauds../
these are proven...my heart issues came before this and have worsened since all this..that is what reinforces my thoughts on spasms also.
Mike
I see you are also young and have spasm problems, could you answer me a few questions please? I know you have CAD, can you tell me what you r risk factors are?
I see you are male, and i see you have hyperlipidema.is this a family thing?
Are you a smoker?? ex smoker? overweight? what are/were your maximum blockages?
reason i ask is that i knw a thallium can fail if blockages are equal in all vessels and i am worried that this is the case with me, i cant help but ask myself why angina would worsen over a period of 5 yrs if there were no organic blockage. i said to myself 3 yrs ago when dcs did not believe me that i would know a few yrs down the line when everything got worse..so i continued to smoke and drink and eat fatty foods and look where i am..arrythmia and unabel to climb the stairs..yet still the dcrs wont listen..i dont understand.
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THANK YOU FOR YOU HELP IN ADVANCE!!!