Symptom Checker

  • When to seek medical advice

    • Seek emergency medical care if:

    • You have uncomfortable pressure, fullness or squeezing pain in your chest for longer than a few minutes
    • Your chest pain is accompanied by shortness of breath, sweating, nausea, dizziness or fainting
    • The pain radiates beyond your chest to one or both of your arms or your neck

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Chest pain

Find possible causes of chest pain based on specific factors. Check one or more factors on this page that apply to your symptom.

  • Achy or gnawing

  • Burning

  • Intermittent

  • Severe

  • Sharp

  • Squeezing or pressure

  • Sudden

  • Tearing or ripping

  • Tight

  • Vaguely uncomfortable

  • Eating or drinking

  • Exertion

  • Injury

  • Lying down for a long period

  • Pressing on chest wall

  • Stress

  • Taking a deep breath

  • Antacids

  • Bending forward

  • Rest

  • Anxiety

  • Belching

  • Cough with blood or phlegm

  • Difficult or painful swallowing

  • Dry cough

  • Fainting or dizziness

  • Fever

  • Headache

  • Nausea or vomiting

  • Pain in neck, jaw, arms, shoulders or back

  • Rapid or irregular heartbeat

  • Rash

  • Shortness of breath

  • Sweating

  • Unexplained fatigue

 

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