For the past few days I’ve been having pain in my chest and neck. It feels tight and like a bunch of pressure on my chest. I was worried enough to go to the ER for it yesterday. My resting HR was 104 and blood pressure was 130/95 when i got into the hospital. It lowered while waiting for the doctor to see me. They did an ECG and a blood test.

Doc says my ECG looked normal, but they had to redo my blood test because my troponin levels were at “7”. They said that I didn’t have a heart attack, but when I’m researching troponin levels, anything above a 4 is indicative of damage to the heart.

I also told the doc that i have depression and anxiety. he chalked it up as anxiety attacks.

At this point, does it sound like I should go see a cardiologist?

  • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Well, I disagree with you.

    but other thanthe anxiety there are no ill effects.

    Anxiety, for some of us, is a bad thing in itself and not a negligible side effect. It may not be for you. And consequently I would not have advised you to stop googling medical problems.

    But I felt that OP’s anxiety was not helped by excessive googling. And it was in this spirit that I advised OP against it.