AboutDavid Richardson Expertise Adult heart function and disease. Not very good about children lesss than 12. Hypertension is o.k. Heart rhythm a special interest.
Experience Certified in cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Was chairman of division of cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia. Am now mostly retired.
Organizations Fellow of American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology and member of American Physiological Society..
Publications Circulation, American Heart Journal, Hypertension.
Education/Credentials M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Residency training at Yale Uhniversity School of Medicine and Medical College of Virginia.
Awards and Honors Gold Heartt Award from American Heart Association in 1995.
I'm a 31 years man and I have had a constant heart pain or feeling and tiredness now at least 4 months, which I have been unemployed. Before that I had probably too many activities for 2-3 years and often didn't have time to rest even at weekends. I also trained in the gym sometimes. I was then also little tired always. So I'm pretty sure that my problems came because of the constant stress without rest.
Now I'm spending more time for resting and still have constant heart feeling or burning and exhaustion. I went to doctor a few months ago and the blood values were ok.
Do you have any idea what is it and how long does it take to recover from it? Or is there some treatment to this? I haven't had any heart problems before. I'm 182 cm and 86 kg. I haven't been able to do any sports for almost a year now. I'm just so tired that it doesn't feel good.
Thanks for your answers!
Answer Dear Olli,
Are you sleeping well? Do you snore? Do you fall asleep frequently during the day, even when driving? If so, you may have obstructive sleep apnea. If anyone sleeps with you, ask that person if you stop breathing when asleep. If so, you certainly have OSA. Please tell a doctor about these symptoms. OSA is easy to treat with great relief of fatigue.
A common cause of pain like yours is cramping of the muscles in the chest wall. If you can modify the pain, make it better or worse, by pressing on the area that hurts, then you have proven that the pain is coming from your chest wall. Chest wall pain is a nuisance but no threat to life or health.
Please write back if this note doesn't answer all your questions.
