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What Causes Chest Discomfort And Heaviness In The Jaw In Sleeping Position?
I was awakened by my heart this morning, when laying on my right side. It felt similar to shaking uncontrollably when cold, same uncontrolled feeling in my chest. Lasted 10 min. During the time my pulse was thredy, with pauses and runs of tach. When I turned on to my back my chest was heavy and both side of my jaw felt pressure ..... Any thoughts?
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After going through your medical details I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that all these symptoms can be because of underlying cardiac disease which is highly recommended to go for basic cardiac evaluation. Kindly get an ECG, echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers done and consult a Cardiologist for further management.
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What Causes Chest Discomfort And Heaviness In The Jaw In Sleeping Position?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. After going through your medical details I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that all these symptoms can be because of underlying cardiac disease which is highly recommended to go for basic cardiac evaluation. Kindly get an ECG, echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers done and consult a Cardiologist for further management. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.