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[Paulgregory]

Hi, I am male, 48yrs old 14 stone 5"10. A few years ago I started with
severe sharp chest pains.I had a endoscopy and it was put down to Acid
Reflux for which I take Nexium daily.(I have never had burning sensations!)
I used to run 2 miles every other day.I passed no problem a ECG stress test.
In January last year on my 5th week in Thailand after too much
smoking,boozing and dancing (I had just finished some really hard dancing
and was wet through with sweat and started with sharp severe chest pains).
Mainly at the sternum and and just to the right of the left nipple and a
pain under the left armpit muscle like I was being squeezed with pliers
Back in England I quit smoking and drinking for good.The pains continued and
I became very ill to the point that I was so fatiuged that I could not talk
without being out of breath and going grey.I could not climb the stairs to
go to the toilet.Severe pain hit me just about everywhere in my body, severe
symptoms of IBS clay coloured stools, diahorea, constipation etc. I had
Ultrasound scan in the gallbladder area, chest xray to no avail other than
blood tests showed I had inflamation in my body (Creactive Protein) and my
cholesterol was high. Total cholesterol was 6.4 and good cholesterol 0.85.I
have lost count of the number of times I have been in a ambulance to A and E
with severe chest pains.
I have had numerous ECG's all ok. Fibromalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
was mentioned quite a lot.
Since that time I have slowly got better.
The current situation is that after nearly a year of vegatating on the couch
(I was frightened of doing anything physical that brought the pain back,
which it did) I have now decided to bite the bullet and get my body back.
Everday for the last week I have power walked for two miles in 30 minutes.(I
used to run the same strech)
I take 30 mg codeine 45 mins before I start to dull the chest pains.
I hope that the exercise will sort things out and the pains will go away.
The other problem is that a few months ago I started experiencing what can
only be described as a heart shivering/vibration.
Like a cat purring in your chest, or a tens machine turned upto to full
stuck in your chest. it has now progressed to my left leg. 2 Buscapan four
times a day used to sort it out but the vibration got worse to the point
that the Buscapan was not working, so now I know when the vibration starts
as I become aware of feeling ill and then I realise the vibration is there
in my heart area.I take 5mg of valium and that sorts it.
If it does not, then I take another 5mg which tends to do the trick.
This happens twice a day
My doctor prescribed Thiamin (B1) and strong B vitamin complex. It does not
make a difference.
The doctor now wants me to take bedranol SR 80mg per day but if as he says
my heart is fine why should I take them.
My doctor can not explain the vibration. I have scoured the internet and
found quite a lot of people with this vibration problem, but no one has a
clue as to what causes it.
I have tried to ride the vibration out but I end up getting pains in the
upper back and the vibration gets so strong in the heart area it feels
dangerous to let it continue.Turbulence in the heart area is one way of
describing the vibration.
I have even tried drinking a full bottle of wine to stop the vibration just
in case it was stress but it did not make a difference.
Sorry about the length of this email but I am at my wits end now and need to
sort it all out
I have Gilberts Syndrome, Ulcerative Collitis and Benign Prostate Growth. I
take no medication for the above as I suffer no ill effects from the above.
I was thinking of paying private for a echo cardiograph to put my mind at
rest as I understand that ECG only check the electrical systems of the
heart. If the vibration was somewhere else there would be no problem but It
freaks me out with it being in the heart area along with the chest pain
My resting blood pressure is 112/73
Pulse 54
The only thing that I have noticed is that my teperature seems to be on the
low side
I woke up shivering at 6am last week and my temp was 34.1
during the day its about 35
Any advice suggestions.
Thanks in advance.

[Brian]

I too experience cardiac problem but of a different kind. It appears to me
that your doctors are treating the symptoms and have not found the cause.
That is because they too don't know what it is. Our body is a multi-sensory
device working 24/7, and better than any device that the doctors are using.
Hence, it is not surprising that they often fail to detect the cause because
of timing. The test is carried out at one moment in time and often when the
symptoms are not at their peak. That had been my experience. I can
understand if you think that your heart is implicated and you should know
best. I have been regularly monitored by echocardiography and I know its
limitations. It shows the action of the heart and their valves in picture
and in sound. It allows measurements to be taken like size of chambers and
valves as well as pressure gradients across the valves. This enables
flowrate to be calculated at one moment in time. I doubt it will help in
your case. On the other hand, coronary angiography can reveal small
obstructions in the heart arteries too small to be have an impact on ECG.
Also, ask your doctor whether using the medication beta-blocker is suitable
in your case. What it does is to blockout certain stimulus that is causing
the bad sensation. It is not a cure but may moderate the symptom. Good luck.

Brian

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