My Chest Pains Really Just Heartbur
Q: Are my chest pains really just heartburn?
Over the past few days I've been getting pains—more of a burning—in my chest. I figured it could just be heartburn, but I thought that only occurred in the center of your chest. The burning I'm getting is to the left. It has me worried, and truthfully, my anxiety may be making it worse. I -have- been nearly throwing up a lot recently, which I figure could've brought this on, and since it's started I've been getting feelings of something rising deep in my chest (like acid or food). This even happens when I burp—it feels like I'll throw up when I do.
Am I right about this being heartburn? I'm young and I'm not overweight, so I doubt it's a heart attack or something like that.
A:Stress does weird stuff to us. The pain could be simply gas, often mis-self-diagnosed as a mild heart attack. But you shouldn't get med advice from Yahoo. Your acid (reflux or not) may be burning some tissue. Go see a Doc for it (or a Shrink for your Anxiety).
First of all heart attacks dont know age or weight , they can and do happen to over 400,000 people every year.
Usually sharp burning pains are more than likely to be acid reflux or heart burn. its the dull crushing pains that we associate with a MI. that being said , if it presist , wakes you in the middle of the night or progresses go see your doctor. matter of fact go see your doctor anyways , it could be something simple but why risk it?
Symptoms could indicate a gall bladder problem (stones), or other digestive