Hi, my mother is 52 years old, she has thyriod, she is obese yet active and sometimes suffers from low bp. Day before yesterday, in the night she started feeling pain above her left breast which extended to her whole arm and hand. We got her ECG done and it came normal. We got her cholestrol checked and it was fine except for one LDL which was on borderline. The doctor gave her some painkillers and said it might be angina. What to do ..help..lost my father to heart failure dont want to lose my mother now:(
Hi thanks for contacting Chat Doctor. Your mother having history of chest pain with radiation to arm. So yes it is suggestive ischemic heart disease. ECG is not always confirmatory for that.It's better to do 2D echocardiography to diagnose ischemic heart disease like angina and myocardial infarction. If needed then angiography can be done which is diagnostic as well as therapeutic. But after 6 to 8 hour benefit less. She might have given antiplatelet Chat Doctor. ... Sorbitrate kept in pocket. Taken SOS when needed if chest pain occurs severely.... So without delay consult physician or cardio physician for that. Take care