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What is causing these chest pains?

age:28 height: 5'5 weight: 220 exercise: rarely alcohol consumption: @ 64oz nightly (YES that is correct. every night) smoking habit: @ a pack every other night (10 cigs a night) Diet: ....pizza, fried chicken and noodles....mostly...a salad sometimes. Stress Level 1-10 : ....low to mid hundreds I recently found out I have high blood pressure and type 2 diebeties. Never before until about a week ago did I ever start having chest pains. At first it was just a dull pain that made me more aware of my heart. After a week now it's been getting worse. I've been getting dizzy and my body temperature feels like it's rising when it happens. I start to sweat even if I'm in a cool environment. I was awoken this morning to a violent popping sensation in my upper left chest. It was enough to make me involuntarily shout in pain and jump out of bed. I walked around for a bit trying to feel for an irregular heart beat. It was definitely a faster beat but didn't seem to be sporadic. The beats seem to be regular but there is still a dull crushing pain and I am still not having an easy time breathing. On top of that the left side of my neck is sore and I do have numbness and dull pain in both arms and all the way down to my fingers. There is also a weird metallic taste in my mouth. I don't think it's acid reflux because there is no burning. The chest pain location is the only thing that seems to be inconsistent. Sometimes the pain is in the upper left a few inches above the nipple and sometimes in the upper right. The most frequent pain seems to occur in the lower left just under the pectoral muscle. But than other times it's dead center. This morning was the first time I felt that REALLY painful popping sensation. It felt like my heart pumped a damn golf ball through it. Yes I know my current lifestyle makes me the perfect candidate for a heart attack so I don't need a lecture on that. I'm going to change my ways. I'm just hoping what I've been experiencing this last week might be something non-lethal. I don't have a regular doctor OR ANY insurance....Or source of income or any family that could help me to pay for it. So don't dis my reluctance to call an ambulance right now. My last trip to the ER left me with a 15,000 bill to find out nothing was wrong. I had had severe pains in the "appendix" area of my lower abdomen and thought it was about to burst. So I went to the ER and they did an ultrasound and a few other tests. They found nothing wrong. That was about 6 months ago and that was when they told me I have type 2 diebeties and high blood pressure. Not sure that info was worth the debt!!!! But at least I know now. I'm hoping this crosses the eyes of someone who is actually in the medical field. Please don't answer if you're just one of those copy paste people. Or one of those "you should ask your doctor" pompous people repeating what you heard on a TV commercial. I have not had a doctor since I was 14. Thanks

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1. I'm no doctor but I'll try to be helpful. First off, you're probably reading too much stuff on the internet, and looking for these problems. When you woke up screaming in pain it was probably more of a scare than pain. If it was as bad as you said you would have gone to a doctors. I had similar situation. I had 'odd' sensations in my chest for years but then I had a really bad one which was painful, lost my hearing,dizziness could feel heart pounding out of chest but was beating really slow (like 1 beat every 5 seconds) . This lasted around 2 minutes and I was sort of out of my mind during it. There was people home but I said nothing, just casually walked to my bedroom and lied down. Then when it was over my ears started ringing and I thought I just escaped death :D I went to doctor and he said my resting heart rate was really high, 120, and sent me to ER (free of charge, not 15,000:D ) They did some blood tests/ EKG and could find no problems except for the fast heart which they gave me beta-blockers for. They said they would call for followup or more tests in 2 weeks but never did, but called around 3 months later then I just didn't bother going back. I've been getting these 'pains' still though. Sometimes its a sharp stinging pain in my arm or chest, sometimes its a 'what was that' kind of thing without pain. Enough to send people running to a doctor but I'm so used to it by now. Its a common occurance for me and I'm still alive ( I think ), Sometimes daily other times i don't get anything for weeks. Oh and I'm 21 6ft 140 pounds. Ok so I'm not giving you an answer... .just trying to ease your mind I guess Theres no way anyone can tell you here what the source of the pain is. You really just have to go to a doctor to find the source, or at least cancel out heart problems.
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