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Chest pain - normal with covid?

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sickwithcovid · 18/12/2022 08:52

I'm on hold to 111 and I'm told the wait time is up to 30 mins just to answer the call. In the meantime I wanted to ask on here - is it normal to get intermittent feeling of crushing chest pain along with heart palpitations with covid? It's not constant, just on and off. Am I overreacting by calling for advice, is this a normal part of the illness?

Thanks

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sickwithcovid · 18/12/2022 09:01

Anyone? Would be really grateful for any experiences to put my mind at rest

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Hourbyehours · 18/12/2022 09:03

No it’s not normal- please go to A+E. nurse here- you need to be checked out urgently

CrochetIsCool · 18/12/2022 09:04

I have had covid twice and never experienced anything like the symptoms you describe. I did have a nasty chest infection a couple if weeks after the second bout of covud but still no crushing chest pain or palpitations. I would take this seriously OP.

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sickwithcovid · 18/12/2022 09:07

Thank you both. Just waiting for the call to be answered. I suspected it wasn't normal. I've got a toddler in my care too so even more worried . It isn't a constant pain, it's intermittent and feels like my sternum (centre of chest) is being crushed along with racing heart feeling. If that makes sense

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TheVanguardSix · 18/12/2022 09:07

Straight to A&E.
Yes. I had this both times with Covid but I have a cardiac condition and my heart is compromised. Any virus sets my heart off. Covid is as much a circulatory disease as it is a respiratory one and can absolutely affect the heart.

Blancovino · 18/12/2022 09:08

Should always get chest pain checked out.
I did have similar previously with covid but mine was panic/anxiety led- making me feel like I was going to get worse/more sick.

SommerTen · 18/12/2022 09:08

I had severe chest pains with covid and I did phone my gp... he said to take ibuprofen and then he phoned me back to see if the chest pain had gone. It had. But it was scary. And I do have a history of stress related chest pain.

I recommend as you're getting palpitations as well though to definitely phone ambulance / go to A&e. If you phone 111 they will call you an ambulance anyway.

You never know if the Covid is just a coincidence. Also covid can cause pulmonary blood clots.

LadyGardenersQuestionTime · 18/12/2022 09:09

Don’t bother with 111 they will just call an ambulance for crushing chest pain. Either go to A&E or dial 999.

TheVanguardSix · 18/12/2022 09:09

‘Disease’ is the wrong word for me to use but… you know what I’m trying to say. Covid can absolutely affect our cardiovascular system.

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sickwithcovid · 18/12/2022 09:11

I didn't want to waste an ambulance when I know it costs them a fortune to send one. I could drive if I needed to. Just thinking 111 might be able to get me an urgent care appt and j can drive to it?

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dancinfeet · 18/12/2022 09:13

I had chest pain with covid, came and went every now and again for about 3 months afterwards. I would however recommend getting checked out to be on the safe side.

Lindy2 · 18/12/2022 09:16

I had palpitations but not any particular pain.

Do you have a pulse oximeter? If you do I'd check what's going on using that but I also think getting properly checked would be sensible.

If your still infectious for Covid stay on the phone to 111 so they can make safe arrangements for you. Hopefully you will get through soon.

Lindy2 · 18/12/2022 09:17
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Pippa12 · 18/12/2022 09:18

Cut out the middle man, 111 will (and should!!!) send an ambulance for crushing central chest pain. Just go to A&E, pronto!

Have you taken analgesia?

littlemissalwaystired · 18/12/2022 09:22

I had Covid recently and 111 wanted to send an ambulance as soon as I mentioned a tight chest (I didn't need it but they have a tick box). With your symptoms they should 100% offer an ambulance. Get yourself to A&E!Flowers

itsgettingweird · 18/12/2022 09:25

I had it with first dose of covid I had in March 2020.

Felt like my chest was full of concrete little with glass and my heart kept racing. My sats were 92. The only thing I could focus on was my brain telling me to breathe in and out and even tv couldn't distract me.

I don't think that's normal. I didn't seek medical help though due to the timing. I was however unwell for about 8 weeks and mentally took months to get over it.

Go to a and e.

GreatBigBeautifulTommorow · 18/12/2022 09:26

@sickwithcovid No not normal and you need to be seen urgently.
hope it’s nothing serious 💐

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sickwithcovid · 18/12/2022 09:34

111 are getting a nurse from the local hospital to call me back within the hour.

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Candlesoftime · 18/12/2022 09:40

I don't want to increase your worry - but I think you should just call 999. I know 111 are "getting back to you" but surely you should be going to A&E and seeing a doctor not a nurse? (No disrespect to nurses, I'm one myself). If a patient tells me they have chest pain, I tell a doctor straight away.

It's often fine but you have to be sure.

Rainydaize · 18/12/2022 09:55

I've got covid at the moment and also having heart palpitations that come and go. My chest is tight and heavy but no pains.

Hope you feel better soon op

TheVanguardSix · 18/12/2022 10:11

sickwithcovid · 18/12/2022 09:11

I didn't want to waste an ambulance when I know it costs them a fortune to send one. I could drive if I needed to. Just thinking 111 might be able to get me an urgent care appt and j can drive to it?

I was about to leave the ambulance, go home and have a cup
of tea (as suggested by my ex husband who was sure I was just anxious). I went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated. I’m alive to tell you you’re wasting no resources! You’re using the ones meant for YOU!! Ambulances are not a protected indulgence. They are a necessity and you need one. Don’t screw around, lovely. You’ve got one heart and no back up plan if it lets you down. Look after it. 💐

cptartapp · 18/12/2022 10:12

If she's worth her salt she will send you to A&E anyway. The longer you leave it the busier it will get. Just take yourself off. My palpitations elevated quickly into fast AF, I sauntered in and ended up in resus.
Nurse.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 18/12/2022 10:23

itsgettingweird · 18/12/2022 09:25

I had it with first dose of covid I had in March 2020.

Felt like my chest was full of concrete little with glass and my heart kept racing. My sats were 92. The only thing I could focus on was my brain telling me to breathe in and out and even tv couldn't distract me.

I don't think that's normal. I didn't seek medical help though due to the timing. I was however unwell for about 8 weeks and mentally took months to get over it.

Go to a and e.

Same here, only I described it as though there a horse had kicked me in the chest and then sat down on me - spent weeks mostly laying face down over a pillow to try and make it a little easier to get some air in.

I couldn't get through the 111 triage because I didn't have a temperature, cough or loss of sense of taste, so had to deal with it alone as 'it can't be Covid without those symptoms' and being on medication that affected my immune system wasn't in their algorithm, either.

Hope you're in A&E or with a paramedic giving you an ECG by now, OP.

Candlesoftime · 18/12/2022 13:39

Hope you're ok and being seen to OP x

Iceyiceybaby · 18/12/2022 17:53

Hope everything is ok OP give us an update been worried about you