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I am constantly feeling stressed and irratable i have daily pain upper back and chest muscles dry mouth, stomach butterflies concern it's my heart?

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Dr. Jeffrey Buckman answered

Unlikely to be heart: Symptoms sound more like anxiety and gastric reflux rather than cardiac in origin. You need to make office visit to get risk factor identification done, coupled with a good cardiac exam, blood pressure measurements and cholesterol (lipid) profile.

Answered 11/5/2018

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A member asked:

I am constantly feeling stressed and irratable i have daily pain upper back and chest muscles dry mouth, stomach butterflies concern it's my heart?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Jeffrey Buckman answered

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