burning in chest

[conrad308]

When I ride in a car or travel on a plane for 2 hrs or so when I first start to walk or excert myself I get a burning in my chest , If I sit down again after it starts it will go away . This also happens sometimes when I get nervous or excited , once in a while both arms will ache for a breif period as well .
I had a triple by-pass 12 years ago and the other problem I have had since was I had a stent placed in last Feb of 2009 .
This has been going on for some time , The Dr. has no answer ??
Any ideas ?

[conrad308]

Hi ;
Thank you for replying ,
I have nitro but never use it because as soon as I stop doing whatever I was doing at the time it stops , My Dr. just never has a response to it , he says if it were heart related persay a heart attach I would have been dead by now , I know ; such an answer , but that was what it was , also nothing shows up on a ekg . Very strange  I know . However like I said it only bothers me after I have been sitting in a car or plane for more than two hours   it will start right after I start to walk and will stop as soon as I sit down again for a few minutes then I can get up and continue on my way .However never at rest ,
The burning stays right in the chest area wher they opened me for the bypass , to say the center of the chest  , I looked up angina (Thank you for the tip) and that is what it seems like .
Again Thank you so much

[ChatterAlly]

It sounds like angina.  I was recently diagnosed with coronary artery spasms, though.  The pain I had with my heart attacks and the spasms is the burning ache that radiates to my checkbones and down both arms.  Do you carry nitro with you and if so, does that relieve it also?  It's very curious that your doctor doesn't have any answers.