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My hart palpating an i have tightness of my chest an also chest pain?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

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Panic Attack: This is anxiety. Pure and simple. You are not having a heart attack. What is causing you stress? Breath!

Answered 8/28/2018

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6 months) occasional tightness in my chest and heart palpitations. One week ago I had a strong palpitation and started sweating. Is this dangerous?

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Hi. I am currently on: 1xRidaq 12.5mg 1xBilocor 5mg 1x Enalaperil 20mg 1x Alzam 0.25mg But i still have palpations and tinnitus and my BP stays high. I weigh 122.4kg. What should i do because i feel a tighness in my chest and is sometimes breathles?

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From time to time I get these spasms in my diaphragm center of chest where I can feel it palpate a couple times and I lose a breath. Feels like the wind knocked out of me. Sometimes chest pain in the center comes after?

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