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Q: having palpitations and heavy chest and shortness of breath when going up stairs
Hello Agnes Gale,
Symptoms like yours are concerning for coronary artery disease, those arteries that supply the heart. Without knowing more about your history, it's impossible to give a wider differential diagnosis. You should make an appointment soon with your physician to discuss these symptoms. Be certain to your physician how long you've felt this symptoms, and all of your other medical problems. He will likely to blood tests, a chest xray, an electrocardiogram, stress tests, or possibly a cardiac catheterization to help determine the cause of your symptoms.
To your health,
Neil MD
Thank you for this information. My husband has been going to doctor to doctor. They all say, you are ok. Take your lisonoprel 40mg and relax. Ok he has been doing that and guess what he is fell the same and getting worse. What can he do now?
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