Q How is the heart related chest pain represent? Are their peculiar symptoms?
Yes. Cardiac chest pain or chest pain originating from heart has some peculiar things about it, which have been observed in majority of cardiac chest pain sufferers and which should not left neglected. Here are some characteristics about nature of cardiac chest pain: 1. It generally a burning, squeezing, twisting, crushing, type of pain which is severe and often with tightness or heaviness in chest. 2. It commonly originate at epigastrium or middle of the chest, at lower end of breastbone. 3. It is often very difficult to describe pin point location of chest pain and it is widely spread over the chest. 4. Commonly cardiac chest pain radiate to neck, jaw, arm, back, shoulder of left side. 5. It is often associated with some or the other symptoms like nausea, vomiting, dizziness, profuse sweating, palpitations, fear or excessive anxiety, shortness of breath, etc. Its presentation may vary further with the underlying cardiac cause and it may also differ from person to person. Women, old people, diabetic people, often give atypical presentation of cardiac pains leading to misdiagnosis. However, thorough history and clinical examination will help to form proper diagnosis of chest pain.