Should I go the hospital or just get some rest?

[Anonymous]

so up until now my chest is hurting right about where my heart is, it's not intense pain its small on and off pain It's been going on since after dinner which is 9pm it's now almost 3am the pain is still on and off

[upood]

Maybe its heartburn, take a tums. If it were a heart attach you'd feel intense pain I think. When my family member had it he couldn't ignore it very long and it was heavy so if its just light it could be heartburn. Are you clammy or having cold sweats? Check your blood pressure. If its high or low it could be your heart.

[Asker]

well it's not intense pain it's on and off like every 3-4 min I don't have any cold sweats I'm not sweating at all but I'll check my blood pressure. I don't like hospitals

[upood]

Have someone drive you to the closest drug mart to check your BP. It doesn't hurt to go to a walk in clinic or hospital and say your symptoms, better safe than sorry. The earlier you detect a heart attack the less damage it does to your heart. But what you described is also characteristic of heartburn, I've had it before when eating spicy food my stomach didn't like, tums made it immediately calm down so suck one and see, do it asap just to be safe.

[upood]

by drug mart I mean store that has those BP machines

[drea246]

well you know what they say "better safe than sorry", hope everything works out well for you

[TedStar]

has the pain happened before?

what's the character of the pain ( crushing, sharp, dull etc?

Does it radiate away from the chest?

Does anything make it better or worse?

Have you taken anything for it?

[mhmmm]

Dont test it. Go get it checked out. Itll make you feel better

[Anonymous]

well duh! you should probably go to the hospital. it might be more serious than it seems. (trust me my niece has major heart problems)

[Lillygal15]

You definitely go to the hospital to be safe...