Normal blood test and ecg

Hi, 

My name is Charmaine and I am 33 years old. I have been having symptoms on and off since October of last yr. 

I have been having pains and burning in my face, pains on and off in my chest and dizziness. I have had all the routine blood work done and they all came back normal except my folate which was low. I have taken medication for this. 

My chest pains were investigated and ruled as acid reflux again which i take medication for. However I have been dizzy all week and the pains in my chest are still present. My ECG came back normal. 

I am so stressed over it and constantly checking Google for reasons to my symptoms. I have 5 children I am scared to not see grow up. I'm super scared there is something wrong with me my doctor can't see . Help! 

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  • Hi Charmaine,

    Sorry you're having all this stress.

    Unfortunately there is a chance that the stress is making your symptoms worse!

    I'm not a qualified medic so all I can do is speak from my own experience and that of friends.  When I read your second paragraph my mind went to conditions like fibromyalgia or issues with the trigeminal nerve in your face.  There are many conditions along these lines and they can present in weird and wonderful ways.

    In terms of your chest pain and dizziness, I'm pretty sure these symptoms can be caused by folate deficiency.  They can also be accounted for by anxiety and panic attacks, and it does sound like you are anxious (understandable with the symptoms in your face).  In addition to that the chest pain can, as your doctor has said, be accounted for by your acid reflux.  Given that they have checked out your heart, and you have three very possible and treatable causes for the chest pain, I wouldn't worry about it.  I know it's hard, I've had chest pain on and off for 27 years, really severe at times, but my heart has been checked out twice and it is absolutely fine.

    With all those possible causes for the chest pain it might be best to consider those as separate from the issues with your face and try and get to the bottom of that problem.  That said I wouldn't be using Dr. Google unless you have medical or anatomical training, it isn't your friend and will just worry you needlessly.  From what you've said I can't see any reason to even start thinking that it might be cancer, if it was me I'd be looking to rule out numerous other conditions first.  But I realise that some people suffer from health anxiety and that health anxiety seems to be on the rise too.

    Has your doctor given any thoughts on the problems with your face?  Has he suggested any nerve or myalgia-type conditions?

    LJ

  • Thank you so much for your advice.

    I have been seeing the same gp since october, she has suggested that it could all be anxiety related. 

    She has just recently refered me to neurology, but seems to think they will not see me as I am not presenting with enough symptoms to cause any concern. 

    I think, with having young children and other people relying on me, and using Dr Google I have made my anxiety about my health sky rocket. Now I think I have every condition under the sun. 

    It doesn't help that I cant talk to my partner or family as they seem to think it's all in my head. 

    Again thank you for your advice. 

  • I have very similar issues and it is very scary I have constant tight chest had blood test had ecg just get told it’s anexity.
  • I am having the same issues had the same test but had x ray waiting on that now as I was unhappy with the treatment had this problem since September just get told it's anexity. But it puts your life on hold as it never seems to go away plus a read google which makes you worse 

  • I still get the pains now they can come at anytime sat playing with my kids. Chilling out watching tv. I try to change my mind processing all these pains then bang I feel like I can't breath properly that is the anxiety side of it. I did speak to a cardiologist in the end and they put it down to musculoskeletal pain and they gave me some antacids to see if that helps but nope it's still there lurking waiting to strike at any moment. I didn't get great feed back from the cardiologist I got told that he didn't think it was angina which made me feel worse as it's not a definitive no.I have gone from being me to completely someone different the only time I start to feel a bit normal is after a drink but I don't want to go down that road. Eg drinking to forget about my pains as it's temporary and they come back even worse whilst hungover big time. I hope you get the answers you are looking for Zoe34 and get your chest pains sorted. 

  • I have had the exact symptoms since may 2020. In and out of a&e numerous times, I get on off chest pain, neck pain, heart racing, like a wave coming over me just not feeling right, ears popping and feeling like I'm going to faint. I've had ecgs, bloods, heart scans and chest x-rays and they've all come back completely normal (I'm currently taking beta blockers). I recently spoke to another GP who believes in having panic/anxiety attacks and is going to start me on anti depressants next week I'm hoping this is just the case even tho I'm not feeling anxious etc. I have 4 children and I'm a care worker so maybe it is stress? Hopefully get these meds going and if they don't work then I want more answers.

  • After starting talking therapy mine is down to stress losing my house my partner having to have a emergency c section then losing my job I would recommend going down that route as well mind is a great charity and I'm doing cbt cognitive behavioural therapy. To change my thought process. I have tried antidepressants last year during the first lockdown sertraline they didn't agree with me one bit but they can work for other people. I have to accept that what the cardiologist has told me there is nothing wrong with my heart and that I'm ok. Being a care worker is a hard job. now even harder due to this pandemic I take my hat off to you. Try to find something to take your mind off of it a walk with the kids music is a big one for me that helps a lot. 

  • Thank you I'll look into that. Yes me too accepting there is nothing wrong is kinda hard really knowing your body just doesn't feel right :(. I only work part time because children are off school and their father works in the day I actually enjoy it when I'm feeling fine ;). Sertraline is what I'm being prescriped so I'll give them a go.

  • Hi ive been getting the same since nov 2019 chest pains left arm back and jaw pain it can happen anytime and atleast 5 times a day palpations i get loads too been hospital so many times ecg and bloods normal then get sent home its driving me insane im 31 with 3 young boys constantly worrying it my heart my mum and all her 4 sisters have had heart attacks by age 45 so have heart problems in family what makes me worry more doctors say they dont think my heart because ive had kids usually pregnancy puts strain on heart and they would know if i had problems then they put me on sertaline now saying panic attacks but i know its not just feel they getting sick of me now and fobbing me off because im young i shouldnt have heart problems so they say the only time i feel normal is if i have a drink too but as u said dont want to go down that route i hope u find out what going on i feel your pain its so worring

  • Trust me you will get better it does take a while but you will get there I found that exercise helped me a lot I did panic to start off with where my heart rate was racing from pushing myself but I had to tell my self I was fine the doctors are right. There is nothing wrong with my heart cbd oil is good along with cognitive behavioural therapy which really helped me it's trying to work out what is triggered this mine was too much caffeine I was training for the parachute regiment and working skipping meals and one day bam heart pain on a building site that was I thought heart attack and it went on from there. I find certain foods can trigger it like curry red meat and coke (the drink lol.) but trust me you will get there. 

  • Iam 32yrs and was suffering from chest pain for nearly 7 years.

    I had around 10 ecgs done and 4 echo over the years and numerous blood tests. Everything came back normal each time. The chest pain was constant 24/7

    The pains used to feel like having a heart attack i guess, skipped heart beat etc. 

    Untill i saw a consultant cardiologist (paid private) he advised me to take Magnesium citrate 200mg. After taking it for 2 days i have seen instant relief and have not experinced chest pain.

    Excersise used to make it slightly better.

    Sometimes magnesium deficiency can cause chest pains

    Sorry was a repost but i really want to help people who 

  • Iam 32yrs and was suffering from chest pain for nearly 7 years.

     

    I had around 10 ecgs done and 4 echo over the years and numerous blood tests. Everything came back normal each time. The chest pain was constant 24/7

     

    The pains used to feel like having a heart attack i guess, skipped heart beat etc. 

     

    Untill i saw a consultant cardiologist (paid private) he advised me to take Magnesium citrate 200mg. After taking it for 2 days i have seen instant relief and have not experinced chest pain.

     

    Sometimes magnesium deficiency can cause chest pains

     

     

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  • Iam 32yrs and was suffering from chest pain for nearly 7 years.

     

    I had around 10 ecgs done and 4 echo over the years and numerous blood tests. Everything came back normal each time. The chest pain was constant 24/7

     

    The pains used to feel like having a heart attack i guess, skipped heart beat etc. 

     

    Untill i saw a consultant cardiologist (paid private) he advised me to take Magnesium citrate 200mg. After taking it for 2 days i have seen instant relief and have not experinced chest pain.

     

    Sometimes magnesium deficiency can cause chest pains

     

     

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