Understanding Chest Pain: Causes, Symptoms & When to Seek Medical Advice

Question
sir my husband has chest pain described as under with full details
age: 47
height 5.7
weight 96 kg
diabetes mild under good control
Blood presure -normal but occ. due to mild tobaco habit
excercise- swimming 1 hour--no pain
place of rest pain-  left side and sensation in back side left inner side
ecg/echo test normal
lipid profile /thyrode/kidney normal
A1c always normal only GTT mild abnormal
very mild ...negligible..chest pain stay for one or 2 second and disapper....no other kind of symptoms
pl advise

Answer
Hi Vanita,
Chest pain that stays for only a few SECONDS is not heart related. It would be hard to say what it is exactly but this does not sound cardiac. Heart pain is gradual in onset, stays from 5 to 30 minutes and gradually clears. The er may be radiation to the inner left arm, jaw, ear and or shoulder.The only caveat here is that diabetics traditionally don't have chest pain like non diabetics. It may be silent to mild for them. If all his heart tests are normal, I would still say this is likely not cardiac.