What is the cause for pains running down both arms and going num and pains across the chest?
Answer:
This does sound like angina pain. If the pain is at rest or has lasted for more than 10 minutes, then reach for the telephone and call an ambulance. You will be admitted to hospital because it is that serious.
If the pain only comes on with exercise, then make an appointment to see your GP. He will start you on some medication to help with the symptoms and refer you for further investigations.
Either way if you have aspirin in the house, take 300mg, chew it before you swallow.
With any sort of chest pain, especially with numbness in the arms, and sweating, you should see a doctor as soon as you can, or go along to ER or A and E. It could be a heart problem, but whatever it is, you need to see a doctor urgently.
If you rang NHS Direct with those symptoms they would probably call an ambulance for you - I dont mean to worry you but they are not good symptoms and if you are having them I ould call your out of hours doctor or go to A & E as it could signal a problem with your heart.
Start counting the hours ---- heart attack looming!
angina.
The government have been posting ads all over the place saying "a pain in the chest is your bodies way of telling you to dial 999" I don't want to sound alarmist, but this sounds as near to a mild heart attack as anything i have heard before, i would go straight to a&e. Good luck!
CALL 911, GET YOURSELF TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY, YOU ARE EXPERIENCING A HEART ATTACK. CALL 911. GOOD LUCK !!
Please ring NHS direct now your not well, there was something on the news a week back saying lots of bad heart attacks can be avoided if the patient rings either NHS direct or 999 please do it NOW.
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