What causes chest pain spreading to the left arm and leg?
Patient: I woke up from a sound sleep with pain in the chest that went into my left arm and then my left leg and arm went numb to the point I had trouble moving.  The next morning I was VERY tired and sore.  My father has already had several heart attacks and we had genetic heart disease in our family.  I have gone to the hospital several time and was told it was Angina.  Nothing to worry about.  My concern is this time it seemed a little different.  Is this also normal for Angina?  or could it have been a mild heart attack? Doctor: it was angina and nothing to worry aboutthis line seriously raises concern about the consulting dr you are undera dull aching pain usually left side with radiation to left arm is a classical presentation of patient with angina.angina happens when blood supply to your heart is less then what it needs to work properlyso an angina is basically a warning sign that your heart cannot recieve the amount of blood which  it needs to work properlywithout losing any timego fore.c.ga 2 d echo cardiographyand tread mill testall these test will be helpful in ruling out if it is angina or any other pain mimicking angina (as radiation to leg is very unlikely)thank you