QuestionHello thanks in advance for taking time out to offer your services. I'm a 24 yr old male, 6ft, and 205lbs, very inactive person and don't eat the greatest. I also drink beer on a daily basis, avg. 12 per day and somedays maybe alot more, which is not good at all. I know that I need to cut that out. I've been having left side chest pain on and off for a yr now, I've had echo's, holter monitor, and event monitor, all normal besides premature beats, PVC's and PAC's, and also vtach. I sleep way to much, avg. 10-11 hrs a night, I sometimes wake up with left side chest pain. I had my cholesterol checked and it came back Total-245, Triglycyrides-253, HDL-39, and LDL-156. How bad is this and is that enough to cause my chest pain and am I at risk for a heart attack?? If I'm more active could I get this lowered? and does the beer I drink affect cholesterol levels? Thanks so much. could i have significant blockage at my age with those cholesterol numbers? and if i do are the pvc's dangerous as like "SCD"???? why are the triglycyrides so high, what could that indicate???
Today I just had a stress echo done, and the Dr. said that I had a really good baseline and that I had a normal test. Things I do remember seeing was:
Before I started the test my bp was 154/97 and heart rate 96, and then I think I achieved my target heart rate of 196 in the 4th stage, and I saw it go up to like 212bpm(which i think is dangerous??) and my last bp check in stage 4 when I was in the running stage on the treadmill my bp was 206/???, just remember seeing the systalostic and not dialostic. My questions are
1. Should my heart rate have exceeded the target heart rate? Was that dangerous?
2. Does this test eliminate that there is no blockages??
3. Was it normal for my systalostic bp to go up to 206 in the final stage of the test, does that signify that anything could be wrong that it went up that high while exercising??
4. After I left about an hour and half later I started experiencing the same symptoms I have been for awhile now, the localized left side chest pain, in the area right over where my heart is located, and the pain extends down into my left arm and lasts about an hour or so. Could this be heart related???
I also just feel really bad, and when I get the pain i sometimes get cold sweats and just a bad feelings, i just feel that something is wrong and dont feel good at all!!!
AnswerHi,
You need to avoid taking beer. your weight ahould also get reduced by 30 to 50 pounds. a the present state, you are at high risk heart diseases. You should increase activity and take lots of salad with food. try to take half salad and half food. also get a ecocardiogram done,
