I Have Been Having Some Pain In My Chest And

Posted on Fri, 28 Jun 2019

Question: I have been having some pain in my chest and back, a couples days of headaches

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (23 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome to Ask a Doctor service!

I understand your concern and would explain that your symptoms could be related to a viral infection.

Arterial hypertension can mimic this clinical situation too.

For this reason, I would recommend you to closely monitor your blood pressure values frequently during the day.

If your blood pressure values are normal, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a physical exam and some tests:

- a resting ECG
- a chest X ray study
- complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation.

Other tests may be needed, based on the above test results.

Hope to have been helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Ilir Sharka (14 minutes later)

ok thank you for that, and I should also mention I have been taking Apedix (Phentermine) and have recently stopped because I have become concerned with the chest pains

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
My opinion as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello again!

Thank you for the additional information!

Considering the chest pains, I would recommend performing a resting ECG and a cardiac exercise stress test, jut to be sure that everything is OK.

Hope to have been helpful!

Wishing all the best,

Dr. Iliri

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar