Heart disease?

[mitchytan92]

I am a 24 years old male. Not smoker, not overweight/underweight, don't drink as well but don't really exercise though. I do travel to and from school so I do walk at least more than 30 mins daily most of the days.

It started 3 weeks ago when I felt a throbbing pain slightly above my left flank. It lasts for like 3 seconds and it is gone but reoccurred like 5 times again on the same day then gone forever.

I thought it is no big deal, maybe just some kidney stone so I just drank more water for the next few days.

However, after like 3 days I began to have a bit of shortness of breath (not sure if it is the correct description, it felt kind of like my lungs are not filled and I need to try again to suck in more air to fill up my lungs) especially when I am lying down. The first night was still acceptable but the next was worse.

Then the next night, once I laid down, I can “hear” my heart beating in my mind and the standard "shortness of breath". It was so strong that it woke me up. The heart rate is about 80+ when that is happening which is not really high but higher than my normal resting bpm I guess. The next morning I then went to a clinic and had an ECG done and the result are fine. The doctor guessed maybe it is anxiety.

Then the next night again when I was trying to sleep, I get the same hearing my heart beat problem, "shortness of breath" but now with chest pressure and a bit burning sensation feeling. I went to a hospital and took a blood test, ECG and chest x ray and everything is fine. The doctor is guessing maybe it is acid reflux that is causing the burning sensation so gave me some Famotidine. Because it will have some side effects so I took Gaviscon double action tablet instead. The burning sensation did not get better but it seems to move down from my chest to my abdomen area and continue to burn for like 24 hours. The next few days I switch back to Famotidine and just hoping for it to be better.

Over the next few days, my symptoms seems to be switching. Lying down or not does not matters. I am getting chest pressure, mild chest pain and "shortness of breath" at times even when I am doing normal stuffs like walking. It does not happen all the time but only sometimes on and off. My body seems to get the tingling sensation more often than normal. Both my hands’ biceps muscles are aching for no reason. I am sleeping better though but still I will wake up at least once when I sleep which isn’t normal for me. Once I woke up suddenly, feeling like vomiting but there is nothing to vomit but my heart is beating hard again.

Anyway, I finally visited a heart specialist clinic. I did a ECG, 2d echocardiogram and treadmill ECG and according to the doctor, there is nothing wrong with my heart. His guess is maybe other reasons like viral infection.

Maybe after listening the doctor, I felt more relaxed. Things seems to get better as well. No more chest pressure feeling and only a bit "shortness of breath" and some sudden muscle pain that could happen anywhere on my body, lots of clear coloured sputum in my throat (no cough though) and the tingling sensation at times as well on my arms or legs.

However after a week, again I am getting more discomfort with breathing and a bit of pressure on my chest again. It is not affecting my daily life but I started to worry again.

Can it be like what the doctor said some virus causing all these symptoms or maybe anxiety? I wanted to avoid doing mri and ct due to the higher cost (I am just a student) and for ct due to the harmful X Ray.