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What Causes Pressure In The Chest With Back Pain?
Hi, I had some sort of episode this afternoon, while I was driving. Out of the blue, I felt painful pressure in the middle of my chest and radiated down below my sternum. It was hard to breathe. A minute into this, I felt the same painful pressure in the middle of my upper back. It felt like someone was squeezing my chest and upper back together. Then about 2 minutes later, the back pain radiated down to my lower back. It hurt to try to take in a deep breath. This episode lasted approximately 15 minutes before the pain stopped and the breathing was somewhat normal..then I was only lightheaded and extremely drowsy. I made it home and fell asleep. I woke up feeling wore out. Can you please tell me what this episode could have been? I never experienced this before and it scared the life out of me and my 18yo son. Thank you. Rita
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Your symptoms can be of minor heart attack which we call it as angina you must see your doctor and get your cardiac work up done to make sure that you have your heart working properly all the time
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