I am a 37 year old woman with history of heart disease on my fathers side of family. lately, I feel a pinch in my heart, preceeded by palpatations and then exhaustion. This has occured a few months ago and last year. A few months ago I went a week having dizzy spells so strong unable to lift my head, then irregular heart beat that caused lost breath. Last week the pinching in my heart last for 3 mins. then palpatations or racing of the heart and Ive been exhausted ever since. Tired even though I sleep 8-9 hours per night.
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Since you are having strong family history of heart diseases, we should definitely rule out cardiac cause for your symptoms. So consult cardiologist and get done blood pressure monitoring, ECG, 2d echo, stress test (trade mill test) and Holder monitoring (24 hours continuous recording of ECG). If all these are normal then no need to worry about heart diseases. Stress and anxiety can also cause similar symptoms. So avoid stress and tension, be relaxed and calm.Don't worry, you will be alright but first rule out heart diseases. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.