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Message started by zeus34 on Jan 11^th, 2011, 6:12pm

Title: Very painful chest thud
Post by zeus34 on Jan 11^th, 2011, 6:12pm

Today I was walking up the stairs in my house when all of a sudden I felt this very painful thud in my chest. I've had the pauses, glitters and hard thuds before but this one really hurt. It lasted like one second, maybe two.

I've never had one hurt before. I'm not sure if it was an extra beat followed by a pause that caused it like the other thuds I have felt before or if this was perhaps indigestion related. It almost felt like a huge big burp bubble that just never made it out my mouth (sorry to be gross) but I'm just not sure as my anxious mind wondered if it was heart related.

I called my dr but the nurse just said go to the ER if I have other symptoms.

It hasn't happened again. Just my mind messing with me at the moment.

Anyone else relate?

Title: Re: Very painful chest thud
Post by zeus34 on Jan 11^th, 2011, 7:11pm

Wanted to add that the pain felt like a punch to the middle of chest, in between the breasts.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Very painful chest thud
Post by skep155 on Jan 12^th, 2011, 8:04am

Yeah I've had a couple of painful palpitations before, pain just lasted a brief second and seemed to coincide with the palpitation exactly.

Title: Re: Very painful chest thud
Post by RLR on Jan 13^th, 2011, 6:16pm

Well, your description is actually not that far at all from the likely causal factor in the event. Trapped air or gas can rise into the upper stomach and press against the diaphragm, which is precisely the stimulus necessary to invoke a palpitation event.

Sharp pains such as those described can be quite intense in some persons, even to the extent of causing syncope (fainting). The cause for these events can be both related to pressure from trapped gas or can be caused by the palpitation event itself but not associated with the heart per say. In other words, realize that the nervous system is experiencing inappropriate stimulation that has the potential to result in palpitation events. The events can infrequently produce pain sensations.

Nothing to worry about here. These events can never harm you or place you at risk for some type of cardiac event.

Best regards,

Rutheford Rane, MD (ret.)