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heart disease at age 14?

about a month ago i had what i think was a heart attack. i had throbbing pain in the left side of my chest, i was short of breath, my left arm went numb, and i started sweating on my forehead. it lasted about 6 seconds. since then i have seen 3 doctors, paramedics, and been to the ER. i have had THREE ekg tests, a blood test, an x ray, i've had my heart listened to, and had my bp checked more times than i can count. the only abnomality i've had is a benign arythmia. my blood tests came back perfect, and my blood pressure isn't high. i have been having weird physical symptoms for a month , such as tingling in my arms, pain in my shoulders, jaw, head, and chest, hot flashes, sweating, and trouble breathing. i have had every chest pain you can get except a heavy pressure. every time i've been to the doctor they say "you're fine, go home and loose some weight." they say nothing is wrong, but i have a hard time believing that. i wouldn't be having symptoms like these unless something is wrong right? this month i'll be getting a holter monitor test and a heart echo, i'm praying that i'll be ok.
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1807837 tn?1336098763
well I deffinetly see some anxiety symptoms in there,another thing that your doctor should check is your thyroids.this messes with your heart too.Good luck.
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If you have an anything wrong with the electrical part of the heart, the holter is used to find that, but if it does not happen often, you may need to try the event recorder (its 30 days of  monitoring the heart and when you feel something you record it and then call it in and play the recording over the phone and they will read it to see what it is).
An echo is a good idea.
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