Chest pressure during exercise?

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  • Dawn410
    Dawn410 Posts: 120 Member
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    Also, if you aren't getting dizzy or fainting, or having any additional symptoms, the odds of this being anything worrisome are low.
  • Noelv1976
    Noelv1976 Posts: 18,948 Member
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    Holy crap....are you taking tons of caffeine? If not, definitely seek medical help. Chest pains are not normal. I know I've hit 190s but that's from doing sprints or going all out in HIIT. But never had chest pains.
  • tiffanybrooks530
    tiffanybrooks530 Posts: 140 Member
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    honkytonks85 wrote: »
    Thanks!
    I don't know my max heart rate

    I saw my GP again today and we did an ECG, no problems, listened to heart and no issues there and I have had blood tests and my cholesterol was something less than 4..

    I am considering getting a referral to a cardiologist. But there are 0 signs of any heart issues so far.

    Could be gas...no seriously... I've had similar issues.
    Im 5'8, 165, 33yrs old, but i've had these issues for years, went to GP & cardiologist.
    Only when i was 17 did they find a small heart murmur, but since then nothing but a clean bill of health. I too keep an active heart rate bwt 140-170...with random sharp pain in and out of the gym
    so much so that my husband would get worried.

    When I started changing my diet I noticed that when I had a lot of gas I would get chest pain...
    I finally decided to goto a gastro-Dr to get this checked out, still waiting for results...
    It actually took me years to notice that when I had gas (excessive) I would have sharp chest pain too.
    I felt stupid not having noticed this sooner, I could of saved myself so much pain.
    Good luck to you.

    here are some articles that discuss gas-related chest pain:
    http://answers.webmd.com/answers/1198397/can-gas-cause-chest-pain
    http://www.myhealthtips.in/2013/09/home-remedies-for-gas-pain-in-chest.html
  • honkytonks85
    honkytonks85 Posts: 669 Member
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    jrodri0105 wrote: »
    Are you getting chest pressure or palpitations or both? Are you having other symptoms like dizziness? Have you upped your cardio intensively? If it's palpitations it may be a run of supraventicular tachycardia (SVT) which may not be seen in ECG since it was induce by exercise. If you don't have any genetic history of cardiac. I wouldn't think it was anything serious. By looking at your age maybe it's some type of syndrome like WPW. Which a GP may not be able to identify on an ECG, but a cardiologist will or electrophysiologist.If you are really worried about it and are sure it's not some type of strain or acid reflux or even anxiety I would see a cardiologist.

    Thanks - I have no other symptoms and to be honest the couple of times it has happened I haven't been working out at max intensity (I have definitely worked out much harder without issue). I tried to cut back on caffeine when it first happened but it's creeping back up again. I have heard some people suggest irregular heart beat so I will look into that. Gas / anxiety is a possibility, I have digestive issues & a history of anxiety. I will look into these. Thanks for all your help.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
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    aggelikik wrote: »
    honkytonks85 wrote: »
    Hi there,
    I should start out by saying I have seen my GP and I am not looking for health advice. Actually I have been cleared by the GP.
    I am 30 years old and fairly active. I do a lot of cardio but for the last 6 months every now and then during a workout I'll get a sudden sharp chest pain. I will stop working out and can hear my heart beating very quickly / almost skipping a beat. It goes away and in fact I have gone back to working out. I described this to my GP and we did some blood tests and my cholesterol, blood pressure etc. is perfect. So what's going on? Is this just "something that happens" when working out? Should I seek another opinion?

    No, it is not something that happens. Forget the GP, stop exercising at least at this intensity and get an appointment with a cardiologist.

    ^^^
    It could be any number of things but it could be something going wrong with your heart. Get it checked out. ECGs , dynamic ECGS (running on a running machine with trained staff and a defibrillator next to it) and 24 hr HRM tests are common in the uk, There are lots of things it could be (and most probably is) but you want to make sure its not something serious before you go though the list of other things.
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
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    let me reiterate since this thread continues to be full of internet doctors trying to diagnose OP






    go to your GP and get an ECG

    ignore whatever he says about the ECG and demand a referral to a cardiologist

    go to the cardiologist and let them take care of you


    smh
  • jnv7594
    jnv7594 Posts: 983 Member
    edited June 2015
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    honkytonks85 wrote: »
    Thanks!
    I don't know my max heart rate

    I saw my GP again today and we did an ECG, no problems, listened to heart and no issues there and I have had blood tests and my cholesterol was something less than 4..

    I am considering getting a referral to a cardiologist. But there are 0 signs of any heart issues so far.

    This is all good, but in order to completely rule it out, they should be having you wear a holter monitor so they can see what the heart is doing WHILE you are having one of these episodes. Either that or they need to do a stress test, but since it does not happen every time you exercise, that may not catch anything. I had a friend that was having chest pains during exercise. They ran an EKG, blood work, etc, and everything seemed fine. It wasn't until she wore her halter monitor that they found out there was, in fact, a problem as they could see what her heart was doing during one of her chest pain episodes. I'm not trying to scare you as you very well may be fine. Just letting you know that some conditions don't always show up on an EKG. I would keep pushing to see a cardiologist. This isn't something you want to mess around with.

  • jnv7594
    jnv7594 Posts: 983 Member
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    honkytonks85 wrote: »
    jrodri0105 wrote: »
    Are you getting chest pressure or palpitations or both? Are you having other symptoms like dizziness? Have you upped your cardio intensively? If it's palpitations it may be a run of supraventicular tachycardia (SVT) which may not be seen in ECG since it was induce by exercise. If you don't have any genetic history of cardiac. I wouldn't think it was anything serious. By looking at your age maybe it's some type of syndrome like WPW. Which a GP may not be able to identify on an ECG, but a cardiologist will or electrophysiologist.If you are really worried about it and are sure it's not some type of strain or acid reflux or even anxiety I would see a cardiologist.

    Thanks - I have no other symptoms and to be honest the couple of times it has happened I haven't been working out at max intensity (I have definitely worked out much harder without issue). I tried to cut back on caffeine when it first happened but it's creeping back up again. I have heard some people suggest irregular heart beat so I will look into that. Gas / anxiety is a possibility, I have digestive issues & a history of anxiety. I will look into these. Thanks for all your help.

    I have PVCs. Premature ventricular contractions. I've had them my whole life and have been told they're benign. They are much, much worse when I'm stressed and around my menstrual cycle. Those (in my experience anyway) usually don't cause the chest pain you're describing. Maybe others have had different experiences, but I've had them for roughly 20 years and never experienced sharp chest pain with them. My heart just usually beats prematurely, pauses, and then gives another hard beat. Even if this is what you are having, you still need to see a cardiologist.

  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,179 Member
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    OP I had been examined at rest by several drs, including a couple of cardiologists. They never found anything. My feelings of something unusual going on were attributed to panic attacks. Then one cardiologist told me that the resting ECG was pointless, I could be perfectly fine and then end up dead the next day. I was referred to a specialist for a u/s and stress test. It turns out I have mitral valve prolapse. Not life threatening in my case, but some restrictions apply. If the first, second or third dr cannot explain your symptoms, keep looking for a new one. It might be somethign completely innocent, but still you need a diagnosis.

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