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Why Is My Chest Heavy And Hurting After Eating Ice?

Hi . My name is Diana. Earlier I was crunching on ice and after swallowing it, my heart(chest) began to hurt. It s been a hour later( I felt pain for about 5 min) My chest is still feeling heavy. Do I need to go to ER or is this just a reaction to the cold substance?
Mon, 10 Apr 2017
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For some sensitive people with autonomic disfunctions cold substances can trigger nervous stimulation and cause blood vessels to contract if this happens to blood vessels in the chest region it might give you chest pain.

So have caution while you eat cold things like ice.

Going to ER should be judged based on severity of the pain and always better be safe than sorry.
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Why Is My Chest Heavy And Hurting After Eating Ice?

For some sensitive people with autonomic disfunctions cold substances can trigger nervous stimulation and cause blood vessels to contract if this happens to blood vessels in the chest region it might give you chest pain. So have caution while you eat cold things like ice. Going to ER should be judged based on severity of the pain and always better be safe than sorry.