What are causes of chest pain?

What are causes of chest pain, fatigue and heavy-headedness and how do I cure these symptoms?

• I have been having chest pains around my heart area and my lower left side for a couple of months. I have had a cardiogram already, and I am told by multiple doctors my heart is normal. I have taken standard blood tests and I do not have anemia or any other illnesses that could be traced through my blood. I have been having bad fatigue also which feels different from exhaustion, as it feels rather that I do not have any energy, but not that I am worn out. I have difficulty concentrating also. I eat a good amount of fruits and vegetables everyday and have 2 or 3 bowel movements a day with normal stools. I also do not have any trouble sleeping, and I feel 20 percent better when the atmosphere I am in is cold (0-13C). Sometimes my chest pains can last for 3 hours and are quite severe to the point I can't concentrate on anything. I feel fatigue all the time, and it doesn't matter if I'm happy or sad, I always have it. Most of the time my chest pain is a slight lingering pain, but it is always a sharp pain, not a squeezing one, no matter how severe.

• Answer:

  Have you had your thyroid tested? You need testing for thyroid ANTIBODIES as well as TSH. TSH ‘norm’ should be .3 – 3 (w/ most feeling best at < 2) but would not matter if ANTIBODIES are present. Indicative of Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroiditis (cycles between hyper & hypo at start)…main cause of HypOthyroid & is worse (...OR Graves Disease - HypERthyroid). WARNING: Doctors seem not to want to find/treat thyroid disease. You may have to go to more than one doctor before you get the right tests, interpretation, and treatment. Best wishes. Ck these: http://thyroid.about.com/bio/Mary-Shomon-350.htm http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://www.thyrophoenix.com/index.html http://thyroid.about.com/cs/newsinfo/l/blguidelines.htm God bless