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Question: I need your advise, please. A few days I have nausea and mild chest pain (pressure in the chest area). Is is case to go to emergency?
Brief Answer:
More information needed
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
serious diseases can present with chest pain so this is a symptom worth investigating. You haven't provided enough information for a more specific answer, but I'll try to give you the best I can.
Useful information would include:
- other symptoms, like cold sweating, symptoms of fainting or hypotension.
- is there anything that makes the symptoms better or worse? Exercise or physical activity in particular?
- do you have breathing difficulty?
- symptoms of infection like fever, cough etc?
- did you take any medication?
- do you have gastroesophageal reflux disease (stomach content regurgitating up the esophagus)?
Heart disease which is the most feared diagnosis relating to the chest pain or pressure usually gets worse with physical activity. In the most severe cases, cold sweating, nausea and vomiting may accompany the pain which usually radiates to the back, jaw, left shoulder and arm and perhaps also the epigastric area.
An electrocardiogram and troponin enzyme assay are essential tests for the diagnosis.
Heart related pain not associated with the breathing movements usually won't last for days but rather for minutes to hours. Despite that the severity of such a diagnosis warrants immediate investigation!
This is just a general overview of your situation. If you'd like a more specific answer, please provide the details I asked for.
If you have more questions or need me to clarify anything please follow-up your question and I'll be glad to answer.
Kind Regards!
More information needed
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
serious diseases can present with chest pain so this is a symptom worth investigating. You haven't provided enough information for a more specific answer, but I'll try to give you the best I can.
Useful information would include:
- other symptoms, like cold sweating, symptoms of fainting or hypotension.
- is there anything that makes the symptoms better or worse? Exercise or physical activity in particular?
- do you have breathing difficulty?
- symptoms of infection like fever, cough etc?
- did you take any medication?
- do you have gastroesophageal reflux disease (stomach content regurgitating up the esophagus)?
Heart disease which is the most feared diagnosis relating to the chest pain or pressure usually gets worse with physical activity. In the most severe cases, cold sweating, nausea and vomiting may accompany the pain which usually radiates to the back, jaw, left shoulder and arm and perhaps also the epigastric area.
An electrocardiogram and troponin enzyme assay are essential tests for the diagnosis.
Heart related pain not associated with the breathing movements usually won't last for days but rather for minutes to hours. Despite that the severity of such a diagnosis warrants immediate investigation!
This is just a general overview of your situation. If you'd like a more specific answer, please provide the details I asked for.
If you have more questions or need me to clarify anything please follow-up your question and I'll be glad to answer.
Kind Regards!
Note: For further follow-up it is advisable to consult an emergency medicine specialist. Click here.
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Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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