What should I do for the tightness and pressure in my chest?
Patient: tightness or pressure in chest areaI'm on Atenelol, they say I have A fast heart rate caused by stress because all my test have come back normal. My vitals have been fine but am feeling occasional tightness, pressure and pain in the chest. Should i be worried and what should I do? I've tried to limit my caffeine. Thanks Doctor: thanks for your questiontightness or chest pain can be due to cardiac issues like MI , angina ,or anxiety and others or lung issues or gastritisyou need to visit a physician who can request for a chest X-ray and an ecg and a 2 d echo if required to evaluate and rule out the organic diseases or causesin my patients I usually give them aspirin and a proton pump inhibitor and then evaluate them thanksfeel free to ask more questions