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chest pains?
i am 24, five foot 2, almost 190 pounds and a smoker. i generally healthy and avoid carbs and sweets and normally eat chicken, seafood and turkey meat. i have increased my activity by walking 2-5 miles a day. i was very sedentary before. last october i started noticing a weird feeling in my chest (left). it stopped in december then came back in april. it is painful but not unbearably painful. it is like a pinching feeling. sometimes i get headaches too. my family has a history of heart attack and strokes on both sides. i don't have insurance yet because the company that i am working at does not want to hire me as a regular employee (so no benefits) i am planning to go to the doctor for a check up but i don't think i can get everything checked out in one meeting. has anyone experienced pains like this? is id dangerous? what should i do. does smoking affect it greatly? i am trying to quit too.
cara i meant to say i generally eat healthy
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- hamid bLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
It is highly unlikely for a 24 year old woman to have heart disease of the kind that would cause a heart attack or chest pain. It is, however, not impossible. Women with strong family history of coronary artery disease can and do have plaque build up in their coronaries to the point of occlusion or narrowing.
Without insurance I doubt if anyone is going to attempt an angiogram on you, since it is rather expensive.
Your best bet for now is a coronary artery screening test. Depending on where you are and availability of the test, it is somewhere between 200-500 dollars. It is well worth having, if you want to put your mind at ease.
If you're in Southern California, I know of many centers that will do it for very little money.
Email me at hamidbak@yahoo.com and I'll try to help you further.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Well I would go to the doctor, not ask the internet. Oh and I wouldn't say I was generally healthy if I was a smoker. That's not the case then.
Source(s): Common sense.
