Left sided chest pain is associated with a heart attack or cardiac trouble, so when people experience this, they hope to high heaven it’s only acid reflux. So the million dollar question is: CAN left [...]
Your chest pain may be irritable bowel syndrome—you HOPE, since you’re also fearing it’s related to your heart. If you have IBS and one day you get chest pain, this doesn’t mean it’s from your [...]
You should not rule out a heart problem if you keep awakening with chest pain that gets better soon afterwards. It may seem odd that a heart problem would cause chest pain only in the [...]
If you have burping along with your chest pain, this definitely can mean something’s going on with your heart. A visit to a cardiologist would be smart. Angina Chest Pain with Burping Angina is impaired [...]
If you’re having chest pain AFTER exercise, not during the activity, this may still be related to your heart. The older you are, the more likely that any chest pain that’s associated with exercise is [...]
Many cancers, some you’d never even think of, cause chest pain, soreness or aching. Does this mean that next time your chest hurts, you should fear it’s cancer? […]
Here is a symptom comparison pitting GERD vs. costochondritis. […]
Uh oh, chest pain from heart attack vs. esophagitis can be “very difficult to distinguish,” says a gastroenterologist. “Esophagitis, inflammation of the esophagus, can cause severe chest pain,” says Gastroenterologist Larry Good, MD, in practice [...]
Chest pain is the No. 1 reason people head to the emergency room. But does this mean that most of the diagnoses for these patients relate to a heart problem? Believe it or not, most [...]
What are the odds that sudden brief chest pains mean a pending heart attack or other heart problem like angina? “Very brief chest pain is often non-cardiac, although this complaint requires an appropriate workup for [...]
Can angina chest pain be “cured” or reversed with exercise in the absence of medical intervention? Have you found that your chest pain tends to improve with exercise or physical activity? Perhaps you begin with [...]
What can chest pain when coughing actually mean? This isn't about chest pain that has an accompanying cough. I’m talking about chest pain that is brought on by coughing. “Chest pain when coughing is also [...]
Chest pain is a very common symptom that can occur every day for benign reasons but also heart related reasons. One condition that can cause chest pain on a daily basis is gastroesophageal reflux disease [...]
A cardiologist addresses whether a pulled chest muscle has different features than a heart problem or angina and vice versa. A pulled or strained chest muscle is no picnic to have. It can hurt. And [...]
If you go to the ER with chest pain, the doctor will always want to give you an X ray, but just what can this show? One of the first things you’ll get if you [...]
Here is a comparison acid reflux symptoms to those of angina chest pain. It’s no secret that a person with chest pain from angina can be misdiagnosed as having acid reflux or some other digestive [...]
Chest pain with painful swallowing can mean a number of things including heart attack in progress, heart attack in the near future and benign esophageal spasms. About 200,000 people in the U.S. every year suffer [...]
Here is what a gastroenterologist explains might explain chest pain, left arm symptoms and burping all occurring together, which means that a heart attack must be ruled out as soon as possible. Once a cardiac cause [...]
A GI doctor explains what you should do when you have mild ongoing chest tightness, and what the burping with it might mean. “First of all, in any situation where one experiences chest tightness, even [...]
A cardiologist explains the possible causes of chest pain when you lean forward and backward. “Pain in the chest with leaning forward or backward is a symptom commonly associated with pericarditis,” says Chester M. Hedgepeth, [...]
Are you wondering (hoping) that your constant chest and back pain is being caused by GERD rather than a heart problem? GERD stands for gastroesophageal reflux disease and is notorious for causing chest pain. “Acid [...]
A sharp pain below the sternum is likely to have a cause other than GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). This includes costochondritis (inflammation of the cartilage at the sternum and rib junction), a skeletal muscle spasm [...]
Trouble breathing with chest pain after joint replacement surgery never has a benign cause, says Barbara Bergin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon. NEVER assume that chest pain with difficulty breathing following joint replacement surgery is a [...]
Positional chest pain can be due to a variety of causes including heart problems, says Pilar Stevens-Cohen, MD, FACC, Department of Cardiology, South Nassau Communities Hospital. Positional chest pain isn’t always caused by acid reflux [...]
Is it possible to tell the difference between IBS chest pain and that caused by a heart problem? Having chest pain, especially in the middle of the night, is scary as heck. It makes a lot [...]
Here’s what a cardiologist says about that sudden chest pain that lasts only seconds: angina or is this somehow related to your heart? Any kind of pain or ache in the heart area (“beneath” the [...]
Here's a cardiologist's explanation for how sudden stress can sometimes cause chest pain. It can feel like a heart attack, especially when you remind yourself that there've been cases in which a heart attack indeed [...]
Here is what a cardiologist says about different kinds of chest pain like sharp, dull, persistent, intermittent. How can the different types of chest pain—constant, intermittent, sharp and dull/achy be distinguished from each other? “Chest [...]
Do you get chest pain or what feels like angina that comes and goes, literally hurting one second then going away the next, like intervals? “By definition, angina occurs when the oxygen supply to the [...]
What are the odds that if you uexplainably feel pain in both your back and your chest that it's a heart attack? Perhaps you’ve read that back pain can signal an oncoming heart attack, or [...]
A cardiologist explains eight conditions that can cause constant chest pain but no other symptoms. What can possibly cause constant chest pain and no other symptoms? The most common cause is angina, says Dr. Sameer [...]
Yes, stress and anxiety can cause chest muscles to spasm, resulting in scary “chest pain.” Chest pain has many causes, including a heart attack in progress, clogged coronary arteries, and muscle spasms induced by stress [...]
Find out the nature of esophageal spasms in terms of type of contraction... Esophageal spasms are always of interest to those with health anxiety because they can cause severe chest pain. And of course, chest [...]
Find out why hard running causes a burning sensation in your chest. What causes “burning” in the chest (or lungs) from running? “From a digestive point of view, hard running may cause burning in the [...]
Find out what a gastroenterologist says about how long or short an esophageal spasm might last. ***** You may be wondering for how long or for how brief an esophageal spasm may be. The "Esophageal [...]
A cardiologist names some likely causes for chest pain and jaw pressure in the middle of the night. The cause of pain in your chest or pressure in your jaw that awakens you in the middle [...]
The causes of chest pain combined with difficulty swallowing can be benign...or life-threatening. The symptom duo of chest pain plus trouble swallowing is very frightening. It can occur suddenly and at any time for people [...]
Chest pain comes in many flavors, so what could it mean if it’s throbbing, deep and aching? Three very serious conditions can cause what a patient might describe as a throbbing type of pain in [...]
The three most likely causes of chest pain with cause can kill you, and two within minutes of getting the symptoms. The expert source for this article about the causes of chest pain that is [...]
A heart surgeon addresses the likely causes of chest tenderness. “Chest tenderness is not a typical presenting scenario,” says John A. Elefteriades, MD, William W.L. Glenn Professor of Surgery, and Director, Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven, New [...]
