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What Causes Pain Above Left Breast Radiating To Arm?
Hi, my mother is 52 years old, she has thyriod, she is obese yet active and sometimes suffers from low bp. Day before yesterday, in the night she started feeling pain above her left breast which extended to her whole arm and hand. We got her ECG done and it came normal. We got her cholestrol checked and it was fine except for one LDL which was on borderline. The doctor gave her some painkillers and said it might be angina. What to do ..help..lost my father to heart failure don't want to lose my mother now:(
Tue, 7 Jun 2016
Hi thanks for contacting health care magic.
Your mother having history of chest pain with radiation to arm.
So yes it is suggestive ischemic heart disease.
ECG is not always confirmatory for that.
Its better to do 2D echo cardiography to diagnose ischemic heart disease like angina and myocardial infarction..
If needed then angiography can be done which is diagnostic as well as therapeutic..
But after 6 to 8 hour benefit less.
She might given anti platelet drugs like dipyridemol or aspirin also ....
Sorbitrate kept in pocket.Taken SOS when needed if chest pain occurs severely....
So without delay consult physician or cardio physician for that.
Take care
Your mother having history of chest pain with radiation to arm.
So yes it is suggestive ischemic heart disease.
ECG is not always confirmatory for that.
Its better to do 2D echo cardiography to diagnose ischemic heart disease like angina and myocardial infarction..
If needed then angiography can be done which is diagnostic as well as therapeutic..
But after 6 to 8 hour benefit less.
She might given anti platelet drugs like dipyridemol or aspirin also ....
Sorbitrate kept in pocket.Taken SOS when needed if chest pain occurs severely....
So without delay consult physician or cardio physician for that.
Take care
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