I am 45 yrs old and have been having a few instances where my heart started racing and I feel paniced like I might have a heart attack? I went to the docs and I am not overweight 5-11 175lbs and a very active and eat pretty good and myheart is 117/67? I have been a bit stressed for work and I do smoke cigs which I have just stopped a few days ago? Is it just stress? I went in and they are doing a complete blood workup to check liver/kidney/thyroid etc.. My cholesterol was pretty high about 9 months ago (290) but that was taken right after a week long of holiday food in which I ate everything possible that was bad for you and since then I have been good about lowering my fat and fast food and taking omega3, garlic and super B complex and C. I have no family history of heart or high cholesterol and all have lived into their late 80s -90s?
Hello dear, Thank you for your question. Usually heart attack presents with severe anterior chest pain that may spread in the surrounding areas. This type of pain usually doesn't go away. So it is safe to say that you have a very low probability of having had a heart attack. The fast heart rate or the feeling of having irregular rhythm may come from different conditions like