To not go to a&e?

Ibuprofen is absolutely fine for a cold, need to stick to the instructions on the pack and make sure it’s taken with food, but other than that it’s absolutely fine to use it for a short period to manage fever and generalised aches/pains, headache, etc that may result from a viral cold.

Ibuprofen is not suitable for a cold. People who have to take it regularly for health issues taking stomach medication in tandem. It's nasty stuff but a godsend for some.

I agree.

Your symptoms could very much be gallstone or stomach ulcer, it sounds more gastrointestinal but it also sounds like it would be worth ruling out heart given the family history.

Im assuming your GP prescribed a PPI? If you havent picked it up you can buy nexium over the counter but wont necessarily see an instant effect and could take days to see an improvement.

So I think to be safe its better to be checked but I would put money on it being gastrointestinal, but never take chances with your health and for the sake of a few hours, get checked over.

I think it's been long enough now and you need looking at. Worth trying OOH first and see what they say.

Hope you're doing ok OP and made it to a doctor

How are you this morning op? Did you get yourself to A&E?

I think given your family history and how heart attacks present differently in women you should go to A&E. I think your GP was quite remiss in not seeing you.

Women's heart attacks are often missed because they don't present as the typical symptoms we are told to watch out for.

An ecg (12 lead) being normal is very reassuring, but does not exclude the possibility of a heart problem. You can be having a heart attack with a relatively normal appearance ecg (called a NSTEMI). There's a blood test which looks for a protein released when your heart is under stress that is more specific.

Whether this would be undertaken for a 36yr is really how it comes across in the initial consultation, "I hurt my chest and jaw coughing violently a few days ago, it's still aching a bit is that normal/can i have a pain killer" vs "I've had this pain in my chest for a few days now that doesn't feel right, it's got me thinking about my parent who had a heart attack at my age.... do you think its my heart is is it just muscular or reflux".

Please don’t give medical advice unless you are qualified to do so.

Otherwise it’s life threateningly dangerous.

Yes, go to A&E especially with the family history.
I had very similar symptoms and was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer. However, the chest pain was centre of the chest near the bottom of the rib cage. I had the bloating, feeling full and feeling sick all the time as well.
Good luck, hope that you get seen.

Yes, agree with recent posters, just go, it's not a weekend and I'm sure they'd be happy to triage you and get you under further investigation if medically assessed as such.

Op if you are still feeling unwell I would advise you to go to AE .Sounds like reflux but get checked out.

Why are people on mumsnet so reluctant to advise people with serious symptoms to access emergency medical help?

It isn’t people with persistent chest pains who are causing issues at the front door.

Go to A&E.

The first message which comes up on my GPs number is 'if you have chest pains, hang up and dial 999'.
Don't go with random advice on an Internet forum although you have asked for it. None of us know how bad your situation is. It's not an accident clearly but Madam know it all from Staines has absolutely no idea whether it is an emergency or not.

Heart attacks in women present like indigestion or heartburn that dosent go away, so you should get checked out plus you have a family history. The well known symptoms of heart attack are generally how it presents in men. Which is why women's heart attacks are often missed because people generally won't go to a and e for indigestion symptoms.

You must go to A and E, especially as you have a family history of heart attacks.

And yes, an ECG will show a heart attack.

You need a chest xray as you may have aspiration pneumonia or it could be something cardiac like you say.
It's an a&e job I'm afraid

111 will just send you into A & E anyway. This way they can do bloods and you'll get an answer. But be prepared for a long wait - I've got a condition that often means intense chest pain during a flare up (costochondritis) and have never once been told off for attending but I never let 111 send an ambulance. Once they triage you with an ECG and it's OK, they'll make you wait a very long time for blood test results. GP's simply aren't equipped for diagnostics like this so A & E is often the only option.

Take a charger, a book, some drinks and prepare for a long night.

I was regularly having pain and bloating episodes like this in the year or two before I finally gave in and went for gallbladder removal surgery (privately, luckily).

Didn't mean to worry you op, my dad had one at 26 and another at 41 in the genes for us. An ecg picked mine up so was picked up and had a Stent in place within 90 minutes, it's better to be safe than sorry and womens symptoms often are different to men's.

Maybe gallstones, sounds similar to my early attacks. If you're really worried just go to A&E. But if you can better to take the tablets from the GP and see if they help first.