Should Left Lower Chest Pain In A Smoker After Basketball Game In Cold Weather Be Worried About?
I am a regular smoker(3-6 cigs a day)..... I am 18 and have been smoking fr 2 yrs ...... I played basketball last night and after the game smoked 1 cig and had a Pepsi . From today morning after waking up i am having a left-lower chest pain ..... Is it something to be worried about . Or is it just because of the cold weather. I don t have cough or sneezing problem though .??
As you are a smoker, you have higher chances to get heart disease although your young age (18 yrs old).
If I was your caring doctor would advise to run some cardiac tests including: - EKG - cardiac Echo - Holter monitoring - abdominal ultrasound - chest X-ray
to exclude organic problems. If everything will be ok, then, it might be a neuro-muscular pain due to playing basketball and cold weather.
All the best! Dr.Alba
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Should Left Lower Chest Pain In A Smoker After Basketball Game In Cold Weather Be Worried About?
Hi, As you are a smoker, you have higher chances to get heart disease although your young age (18 yrs old). If I was your caring doctor would advise to run some cardiac tests including: - EKG - cardiac Echo - Holter monitoring - abdominal ultrasound - chest X-ray to exclude organic problems. If everything will be ok, then, it might be a neuro-muscular pain due to playing basketball and cold weather. All the best! Dr.Alba