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[Olivia-Dre-123]

I went for my appointment yesterday and my heart rate was fast so the Dr said and as for the chest pain I have to go straight to hospital when it happens again he mentioned nothing about the sweats I am getting it was a waste of time seeing him I like my usual Dr not the one I saw.

[Ergendl]

How disappointing. Modern GPs have no 'bedside manner' these days. The good ones are few and far between.

[Olivia-Dre-123 in reply to Ergendl]

I will be making an appointment with my usual Dr as he always has time for people, and so caring too.

[Mellywelly]

They're trying to change that in the future so it should be like it was years ago so you always see the same one. Fingers crossed. I just hope you can choose at the start 🙏 😉

[Olivia-Dre-123 in reply to Mellywelly]

I hope so thanx for your reply x

[PaperQueen]

How very frustrating not to get a proper answer. If he really thinks you should go straight to hospital in future, why didn't he send you there from your appointment?! When I saw my GP about chest pains I was sent straight to the hospital for a suspected heart attack. Heart attack was ruled out so my GP gave me medication for angina to try. Good luck with seeing your usual doctor, hope he's more helpful. xx

[garshe in reply to PaperQueen]

My thoughts exactly xx.Sheila

[Dorris59]

A very fast heart rate can also indicate tachycardia, which has a number of different causes. It happened to my mother, who had COPD, when she had a serious chest infection back in 2014 and we were told she could go either way. She ended up on HDU for 2 weeks so the best thing to do is go over to A&E. The cause needs to be found out. My mother had to have medications to get her heart back to a normal rhythm, along with IV antibiotics as the cause was her chest infection causing an exacerbation.