Hi, my father have been suffering from some heart pain whenever he coughs. He is in his early fifties and does not have any previous heart condition. What should he do? He already arranged an appointment with a doctor but it will be on July and he is quite worried.
Hello! Welcome and thank you for asking on Chat Doctor! I understand your concern and would explain that his symptoms don't seem to be related to the heart. A chest pain, which is aggravated by the cough or respiration is related to extracardiac causes (pleuritic, lungs, musculoskeletal). I recommend consulting with your GP for a careful physical examination, a resting ECG, a chest x-ray study and some blood lab tests