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[Freshmaker]

I got a very NICE scare today while playing Gears 2 this morning. After I was done with my four hour session I started sensing a very bothering sensation in the heart area. It was painful, and I didn't dare move much just in case it would hurt more. I walked without problems, and I was thinking clearly (well.. my first thought was OH FUCK I AM GONNA DIE. IF THERE'S A GOOD I AM ROYALLY FUCKED) but I got scared as well. I wasn't short of breath, just damn nervous and a chest pain that didn't go away for like 3 minutes. At the end of the pain I sweated a bit, and I know this is a heart attack symptom, but I am sure it was because how fucking scared I was. I felt no numbness, I wasn't out of balance, not shorth of breath

If not a heart attack options would relax you enough to go to a doctor, it could've been an anxiety attack, gas...

 

[iamblades]

How was your posture before this happened?

If you sit with your upper back hunched over(like most people do with playing games) it can cause all kinds of chest/back/shoulder pain. Sit up straight.

 

[domokunrox]

Its probably Precordial catch syndrome. I had them a good deal in my childhood. One time, I was playing video games at one of those demos at a retail store and I had one and it was very painful. Some of the kids noticed that I was even getting pale and were asking if I was ok. Making sure I wasn't having a heart attack or something.

This is normal in kids and young people.

 

[Milabrega]

Doubt anyone but Relix will enjoy this but:

 

[ZealousD]

If you were having an actual heart attack, blood would stop flowing, oxygen wouldn't be sent to your brain, and then you'd fall unconscious at which point you would have to be resuscitated through CPR.

So no, you weren't having a heart attack.

 

[Yagharek]

... you can have minor infarctions without passing out/dying. They test for that shit all the time at pathology labs. But they are treated urgently for a reason.

 

[projectkuro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angina_pectoris

 

[ruffles]

Doubt anyone but Relix will enjoy this but:

:lol :lol :lol

 

[platypotamus]

Doubt anyone but Relix will enjoy this but:

Fucking win.

 

[Sniper McBlaze]

I haven't read the whole thread, but this is a common thing. The feeling you've described is just pain from a muscle in the heart region. It's not dangerous. It can also be a pain coming from your stomach that usually can hurt in that area too, but this isn't dangerous either.

Edit: You may have been eating too much dirty dick too. Drink some antiseptic so the penis bacteria doesn't dance down to your heart!

 

[Relix]

Doubt anyone but Relix will enjoy this but:

Who in the fucking hell made this :lol

Already called the doctor. Gotta go next tuesday. Hopefully I will survive. Gonna sit and play gears 2. I'll let anyone know if I die.

 

[2DMention]

It was just heartburn. Did you burp up the stomach acids? Stay away from the pop.