tight chest and body aches

[Fondant]

I have persistent AF, does anyone else suffer with tight chest and light aching pains especially when breathing in? My body feels all achy and tight. I recently came back from Egypt with a bad stomach infection that wiped me out for a good 3 weeks! Haven’t really moved off sofa and bed. Could this be while I feel so many aches and pains in chest, back etc and neck when I turn to one side? Thanks all

[BobD Volunteer]

Any chest pain should be checked out with your doctor. Sounds like stomach infection may not be alone.

[pip_pip]

Tight chest and chest pain means hospital visit a&e. Sorry

[JOY2THEWORLD49]

Hi

I was on the Nile Boat and I also got stomach bug.

The med had sulphur and I ended up big welts all over.

Chemist guided me to take rice in salt water, add glucose. I got over within 5 days so you needed to have replenished your electrolytes.

I reckon it was the pudding out under the hot sun.

It would be a strain on your heart. Relax, sleep lots, and check with your Dr.

cheri JOY. 75. (NZ)

[Rainfern]

I definitely experienced tightness and occasional pain in my chest with persistent AF and the EP seemed to think this was normal. I had the ambulance out a couple of times and it was a relief to have my heart checked out. A paramedic on the second occasion this occured also happened to be a trained physiotherapist. He checked out posture etc and explained how a (small) defect in posture was causing muscular pain in the heart area. So yes, get off that sofa and take yourself down a & e but do some gentle stretches on the way and remember to breathe!

[Ppiman]

I have had chest discomfort since having atrial flutter back in 2019, and I still get it regularly enough even when I have no obvious arrhythmia going on My doctor is unconcerned. If yours is a new symptom, it does need a doctor's diagnosis, but it sounds to me like its a by-product of the stomach infection your caught on holiday. The stomach can take a very long time to settle indeed - months in my case, at times.

A call to your GP on Monday is what I would do.

Steve

[Auriculaire]

Were you treated with an antibiotic for the stomach infection? If so which one?

[Fondant in reply to Auriculaire]

Azithromycin 500mg tablets

[Auriculaire in reply to Fondant]

That should not have caused the achiness . An FQ antibiotic might well have.