Ive been experiencing tightness across the chest when I drink, especially beer.  Im a 49 year old female, I weigh 9 stone (125 pounds), and I have low blood pressure.  Im also a full-time carer for my mother, who has Alzheimers.  Could it be stress-related? (Im not a heavy drinker, btw).
Hello, Thanks for writing to Chat Doctor, I am Chat Doctor. Chest tigress n low BP have many reasons like HD, heart failure etc...IAF u were my pt I would like to ask some q n detail exam n do some tests like chest X-ray to see any underlying resp pathology or cardiomegaly, ecg n who to rule out heart prob.in case of stress it causes palpation n rapid heart beat...as u having risk factor for HD i would like to rule it out n advise u to DEC weight n do exercise n DEC or quit