Hi. I Gt Extreme Chest Pain Deep Inside The Left

Posted on Thu, 16 May 2019

Question: Hi. I gt extreme chest pain deep inside the left side of my chest. Please help

Follow up: Dr. Ilir Sharka (9 minutes later)

I was very tired and every time I exercised I got all dizzy and my body ached. The doctor diagnosed me with mononeocleosis. Got home and everything got better. About a week back I started getting pains in the left side of my chest deep inside. Even my arm got a little weak. It’s getting worse. Should I be worried?

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome to Ask a Doctor service!

Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms could be related to local musculo-skeletal pain, especially if the pain is triggered by deep breathing, pressure on the chest or body movements.

Anyway, we can not exclude a possible cardiac or lung disorder.

For this reason, I recommend consulting with your attending physician for a physical exam and some tests:

- a resting ECG and cardiac enzymes
- a chest X ray study.

An exercise cardiac stress test may be needed, based on the above test results.

Hope to have been helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist

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