What causes weird feeling on the chest after a long walk?
Patient: I recently noticed this weird feeling in the middle of my chest after long walks or when going up stairs.  Maybe I'm experiencing heart flutters.  My blood pressure is perfect although and for the most part pretty good shape for a 40 yr old male.  Could this be caused by stress or something else? Doctor: Hello and thank you for using HCM.I carefully read your question and I understand your concern.I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion. You should know that typical heart pains have some characteristics. They are retro-sternal pains like squizzing, tightness or heaviness. They last from 5 to 20 minutes and may be irradiated to arms, jaw. This are typical ischemic heart pains.Heart rhythm issues like tachycardia, fibrillation, extra sistolic beats might  give symptoms like chest discomfort or this weird feeling in the meadle of the chest.But we can not be sure until we do some examinations.If I was your treating doctor I will recommend some examination like an electrocardiogram,  a cardiac echo, a full blood analyze, a holter rhythm monitoring and a strees test.This helps us to differentiate between real ischemic heart pains or just a random extra sistolic beat caused by streess.Hope I was helpful.Wish you good health. Best regards.