chest pain

[cookienkikin]

Im a 24 yr old male, 205lbs, 6ft, cholesterol 245. I'm a very inactive person for about 4 years now, and I noticed that I can minor activities and be winded and have a fast heart rate that I can feel without putting my hand on my chest, and I also can feel it in my throat and everywhere else where you can feel your pulse. Just by walking up a flight of stairs I get super winded. I've been having recurrent localized left side chest pain for about 2 yrs now. I also have lost of skipped beat feelings. PVC's and PAC's. I've had holter, event monitor, ekgs, blood work, and echo's, all normal besides the pvc's,pac's and svt. My chest pain is on the left side of my chest about an inch and half, to 2 inches with a measuring tape from the center of my left nipple measured straight across towards the middle of my chest. At around 1 1/2 to 2 inches is where the pain always is, and also I will get some pain in my left arm, shoulder and hand. It's like a gripping,pinching, squeezing type of pain. I sometimes get tingly and lightheaded with the skipped beats. I also sometimes will wake up in the middle of the night with the pain, and like forceful heartbeats, and shortness of breath, and it will feel like I ran 10 miles and I will check my pulse and it will seem really slow. I've seen many cardiologist and they seem to not think its heart.   1. What could cause that type of pain, and the nature of it, does it sound cardiac? 2. What could cause the feelings I have when it wakes me during the night? 3.What about the skipped beats, what could cause that, heart problems? 4.I'm scared of v-fibb for some odd reason, whats the chances of that? This all seems to get extremely worse when I'm away from medical care and I get anxious, but it happens everyday even when Im around medical care. Its an EVERYDAY thing, some days worse than others. When I drink I tend to not feel it, but the next days worse, and thats usually the nights it'll wake me up in the middle of the night, after I lay down and go to bed after drinking alot. I can't reproduce the pain by pressing on the area either. Thanks so much

[Hellas]

Ask your doctor for a sleep apnea test. Reduced oxygen consumption during the night is detected by the brain, which in turn signals the adrenals to release the stress hormones in order to speed up the heart rate.

[Jerry_NJ]

It sounds to me like your condition has gotten much worse since you last check-up by a doctor.  It looks like time to revisit the subject with you doctor.

I'm sure heavy drinking doesn't help, and if you get a match between the time you drink alcohol and the heart rhythm problems, well that's the driver.  You know what to do in that case.