can gas cause pain in chest - #21968
I am really worried about some chest pain I’ve been having, and I can’t help but wonder, can gas cause pain in chest? It started a few weeks ago – I was eating dinner and suddenly felt this weird tightness in my chest. I wasn’t eating anything too unusual or heavy, just some pasta and salad, but the pain felt so sharp. I brushed it off, thinking maybe I just ate too fast, but it keeps coming back. Sometimes it feels like gas moving around and I literally can’t tell if it’s heart-related or just a bloated tummy. Like, the other night, I was lying in bed and I felt another wave of that chest pain, and I started freaking out, convinced something was really wrong. I tried some over-the-counter meds for gas but it didn't seem to help much. I’m 35 and no history of heart problems or anything, but my mind goes a million places. I’ve googled like crazy and all these sites say that yes, gas can cause pain in chest, but it’s hard to know if my pain is just gas or something more serious, y'know? Has anyone else experienced this? How do you tell the difference? Can gas actually cause pain in chest that feels scary? I'm just trying to figure out if I should be more concerned or if it’s just one of those annoying, but benign things.
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