i have light headedness , pain in my left side under my ribs and sometimes in my back. also have tingling in my hands sometimes. went to the er had blood tests done and ekg. also had a heart monitor on. they said everything looked fine. told me to get a stress test . what could be wrong with me?
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Yes, you should definitely get done stress test (trade mill test). You're resting ECG is coming normal. But you are still having left sided chest pain, back pain and lightheadedness. All these symptoms favor heart diseases more. So stress test is needed. Stress test will tell you if heart diseases like coronary heart disease is present or not. In this you need to run on trade mill and continuous ECG is recorded. So if any heart disease is there then it can be picked up. If stress test is normal then no need to worry about heart diseases as a cause for your symptoms. Sometimes musculoskeletal pain can be the cause. So get done stress test to rule out heart diseases. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.