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Good afternoon,
Earlier today I have been receiving pain on the left side of my chest and it has been lasting for several hours and I am also having some shortness of breath I went to the doctors and he checked my heartbeat and said everything was normal. I had 2 caffeine pills this morning and that may have been 2 much. I feel some tinglings on my body .I also had issues with my lower stomach 2. At first I thought they were symptoms of a heart attack but since my doc said the heart beat was normal what could it be because my left side of my chest hurts and i still have shortness of breath could these heart attack symptoms that he didnt catch or something else? Btw I am only 25 yrs old and fit. im starting to think that it might be something wrong with my gallbladder
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Cardiologist
Hello,
Thank you for your query at DoctorSpring.com
Your age makes it unlikely for you to have an heart attack. Did your doctor get an ecg done for you? is the ecg normal? How much time has passed since the chest pain began?
What time was it done if it was done after the chest pain? Initial ecg can be normal during pain of heart attack and repeat can show changes of heart attack. So if you had 2 or 3 ecgs over time span of 12 hours after the chest pain began then you can be reasonably sure that it is not a heart attack if they were all normal. Also a test called trop I can be helpful after 6 to 8 hours to rule out a heart attack if it is negative. I think if your chest pain is still ongoing you should get a repeat and trop I done.
Feel free to discuss further queries,
Regards
Dr Vivek Mahajan