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pain after heart attack
hi everyone first time on this forum and looking for help. suffered heart attack 3 weeks ago and had clot removed and stent fitted .artery was 100% blocked and has damaged left side of heart.over past week I have noticed alot of throat discomfort and pain can anyone relate to this feeling and could medication cause some of this. any advice would be welcome thanks .
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If your symptoms are related to exertion, then a standard echocardiogram will be unlikely to pick anything up. It would really take a stress echo, where they speed your heart up with drugs. I had one of these a few years back, and they slowly increased the drugs, speeding up my heart. One Nurse watched the monitor while the technician did the scanning. They increased the drugs until I felt the symptoms and voila, the problem showed on the scan. As soon as the images were taken, the drug was stopped and within 2 mins my heart was back to normal rate again. The area of the wall motion abnormality gives them a pretty good indication of which vessel is involved, especially as they have prior images from your angioplasty.
It can reach my lower jaw almost like bad tooth ache I felt the same feeling on the morning of my heart attack
Does the discomfort also extend up into your lower jaw sometimes?
I also found if I pushed through the throat discomfort without resting, chest pains would then start, mild to start with, but then increasing.
I also found if I pushed through the throat discomfort without resting, chest pains would then start, mild to start with, but then increasing.
I will mention all your comments at cardiology and hopefully they will understand my concerns.Its good to talk to someone who understands these sensations as I realize you have been through alot over previous years.many thanks
hi again ed34 I will certainly be acting on your advice and seeing my GP about this and I also have an appointment for echocardiogram at end of week so hopefuly it would highlight any potential problems thanks again for your advice and all the best to you poddy
Hi Poddy
I would certainly go see your GP about this. The stent could be forming scar tissue, making the vessel restricted. The symptoms you describe are what I felt leading up to another heart attack. Throat discomfort is always my first symptom and my warning. I remember my first time feeling this symptom, everyone kept telling me it was to do with heartburn. I was 46 years old, and was pretty sure I knew what heartburn felt like. This was totally different, it was a horrible sensation, nothing like a burning. Another clue as to whether or not this is angina, is when it occurs. Below are some of the things which would kick my throat discomfort into action...
1. Going out into cold air.
2. Walking up stairs or similar exertion.
3. 10-15 mins after eating (due to heart working harder for digestion)
If the symptom occurred after exertion, standing or sitting still would kill it off within 2 mins.
I would certainly go see your GP about this. The stent could be forming scar tissue, making the vessel restricted. The symptoms you describe are what I felt leading up to another heart attack. Throat discomfort is always my first symptom and my warning. I remember my first time feeling this symptom, everyone kept telling me it was to do with heartburn. I was 46 years old, and was pretty sure I knew what heartburn felt like. This was totally different, it was a horrible sensation, nothing like a burning. Another clue as to whether or not this is angina, is when it occurs. Below are some of the things which would kick my throat discomfort into action...
1. Going out into cold air.
2. Walking up stairs or similar exertion.
3. 10-15 mins after eating (due to heart working harder for digestion)
If the symptom occurred after exertion, standing or sitting still would kill it off within 2 mins.
hi ed34 thanks for replying to my post as far as I am aware there are no further blockages and I was assured at the time that everything looked ok but this problem definitly started after heart attack and fitting of stent. once again thankyou poddy
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