I m a 53 yr. old male 6 2 , 250 lb. realitivly good health, on Blood Pressure medication. Last full physical in Jan 2011, my BP was fine, cholosterol was fine, Dr did a routine EKG and it all checked out. I have been weight lifting for 30 years and still do lift relativly heavy 4 nights a week. Casual cigarette smoker, non drinker. On May 5 went out to dinner with a group and got sick that evening (vomiting & diareaha) ~ blamed it on bad Mexican food although no one else got ill. since then, everytime I cut he grass, after about 15 minuites, I get chest pain high up in my pectorials and my left fore arm. I stop for 5 minuites and it goes away & I m fine. The cycle repeats for the 3 times it takes me to cut the grass. I will go to the gym in the evening and work out hard for 1 hr.(Bench press 250, squat 325, etc) without any problem. I tried to reproduce this on the stationary bike by hard pedeling getting my heart rate above 100 for 1/2 hr. I have no problem, can t reproduce the chest pain. After cutting he grass yesterday (same routine as before with the pain) going the gym last evening for hour with no problem, I woke up this morning with diarea. I m thinking of calling my Dr and setting up a stress test? or do I have a virus? or have I developed alergies to grass polen? Any advice? Thanx
Hi, Cardiac chest pain generally occurs after exertion or stress. It is never localized and occur diffusely over the whole chest. It decreases after rest. I do not think you have a cardiac chest pain.  It looks like you could have been getting musculoskeletal pain at times which can be relieved after simple painkiller. I will still advise you to get the stress test done just to rule out any possible cardiac related thing. I will advise you for Stress Echo. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Chat Doctor. 