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How would you go about getting your heart throughly checked?

My mom has 3 different types of heart diseases. One in particular that is a very rare and genetic.
My Mom is in the hospital every 4 months like clockwork it seems with more heart attacks.

My mom says sometimes on days her heart isnt behaving that her heart is sticking alot.

Well I started pondering what that would feel like when I realized I might be experiencing the sticking shes referring too, though not nearly as often.

Ever since I was about 12 I've occasionally felt this odd feeling in my chest.
When I breath in sometimes it feels like my flesh is stuck to my rib and it feels a little painful. Like I'm a pinch.
But when I thought of my moms way of describing it as a sticking. It does feel like a sticking. But it hurts.

I know it's not my lungs.
I just assumed it was flesh being pinched inside me.

I'm not concerned with dying or anything. But I'd like to know if I do have any of what my mom has or if I will.

I've been in the hospital alot the past year and they have done EKGs and never mentioned anything out of the ordinary. But I've witnessed my mom produce normal EKGs in the hospital. They only seem to show problems when she actively is having a problem.

I'd like to get it checked out if its something simple like bloodwork. But I DONT want to go if they are gonna try to make me do things I dont approve of. Like naked things.

Would I go to a normal doctor? Or do I see a cardiologist?
Or do I do nothing because I'm fine ?

It's more I just want to be aware. My mom said The genetic heart disease could show up as early as my 20s and I'm not that old yet. But shouldn't they be able to find out?

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Side note, my mom drinks, smokes, doesnt eat fruits or vegetables, only eats red meat, uses lots of salt and disgusting amounts of butter.

I on the other hand do not drink, smoke, use salt and very rarely use butter. I eat fruits and vegetables as well as chicken and fish over red meats.

I consider my diet pretty healthy.

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It's worth going to an internet/nurse practitioner/primary care doctor, imo. But I've got health anxiety so I may be biased. They can check you out and hear you out and see if it's worth referring you to a specialist.

You've got a good diet going for you, so that's great! But the symptom sounds... well, painful. I vote for a check-up.

I mean, possible outcomes:
1) They tell you it's an anxiety symptom
2) You get a professional's stamp of approval on your health
3) They catch something early!

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CarolineFCY wrote:
It's worth going to an internet/nurse practitioner/primary care doctor, imo. But I've got health anxiety so I may be biased. They can check you out and hear you out and see if it's worth referring you to a specialist.

You've got a good diet going for you, so that's great! But the symptom sounds... well, painful. I vote for a check-up.

I mean, possible outcomes:
1) They tell you it's an anxiety symptom
2) You get a professional's stamp of approval on your health
3) They catch something early!

That's true. I once was thinking there was something wrong with my lungs cause I realized I can't take deep breaths. It actually hurts. It feels better to hold my breath then it does to take a deep breath.
But then they burst my bubble and said its anxiety ๐Ÿ˜… I felt stupid.

Oh and my blood pressure. I got normal blood pressure except when I'm anxious. They told me my blood pressure gets so bad when I'm anxious that if I dont calm down I'll have a stroke.

So I guess I wouldnt be surprised. But I don't know of its anxiety cause it just seems to happen differently
Like.its hard to explain but it's never happened during a panic attack or anything. It's more random. I'm doing something
Usually some physical activity and the pinch happens and makes me want to stop.

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Question, the hurting with the deep breaths... do you feel it in your throat and/or your chest? Does it kinda feel like: if your airway was a vertical river, there's a stone (the pain) interrupting the flow?
I dunno, it legit hurts to do deep breaths these days and people keep telling me it's anxiety too. (Which sucks because what do they suggest for anxiety/panic attacks? Breathing exercises. Psh.)

I feel like physical activity/exercise is a catch 22. It's supposed to relieve stress and boost hormones that lower anxiety, buuuut it'll make you anxious from being breathless or being hyper-aware of your heart, whether it be the pulse or the pinch.

Hey, it's possible it is anxiety. But I'm super sensitive to misdiagnosing stuff as mental when it could be physical. Be descriptive and thorough so the doctor gets a good feel for what's going on. I also heard that it helps to tell them how it affects/impedes your lifestyle.

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That pinch thing, (I'm not a doctor) I think it's something normal, most of the times it's mascular contraction. Heart only causes pain on the left of your chest (under the arm) and back pain.

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You can check your blood pressure and pulse yourself. I personally use one called QardioArm. It is wireless and works on your phone. The advantage of this is the history is kept on your phone so you can show your doctors. They look for trends.

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I think you're probably OK. But talk to a doctor if you still have concerns.

You can worry about this or that being wrong with you, and work yourself up into a state of anxiety.

As for myself, I know that I will not live on this earth in my present state forever. That worry is out of the way.

I look forward to what is beyond.

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CarolineFCY wrote:
Question, the hurting with the deep breaths... do you feel it in your throat and/or your chest? Does it kinda feel like: if your airway was a vertical river, there's a stone (the pain) interrupting the flow?
I dunno, it legit hurts to do deep breaths these days and people keep telling me it's anxiety too. (Which sucks because what do they suggest for anxiety/panic attacks? Breathing exercises. Psh.)

I feel like physical activity/exercise is a catch 22. It's supposed to relieve stress and boost hormones that lower anxiety, buuuut it'll make you anxious from being breathless or being hyper-aware of your heart, whether it be the pulse or the pinch.

Hey, it's possible it is anxiety. But I'm super sensitive to misdiagnosing stuff as mental when it could be physical. Be descriptive and thorough so the doctor gets a good feel for what's going on. I also heard that it helps to tell them how it affects/impedes your lifestyle.

No. My airway doesnt feel blocked and it doesnt fewl like a stone when I feel the pinching

It just seems the pain in my chest is like stretched when I breath in. Like in some flesh as being pinching by something

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