/sci/ - Science & Math

I feel a pressure/burning sensation in the left side of my chest when I take ritalin and/or get stressed out. I had it checked out 5 months ago when it was worse (slight stinging sensation) - they took an ECG while I was lying down. I also got an xray of my chest. They didn't detect any problems but I'm not sure if either of those procedures detects heart disease. Did they just not want to check me out properly, or do the two procedures I described actually detect heart disease? My BMI is literally 40, I'm not a hypochondriac and I think I have a level-headed concern but because I'm 24 and autistic maybe they just wanted me to fuck off.

The sensation isn't close to a feeling of being painful (even the stinging 5 months ago didn't hurt), it's just noticeable and worries me out because of coronary heart disease implications. Does it need to hurt a certain amount before it's classified as angina? I can't find any information on how much angina hurts online.

I called my doctor and he said to go into A&E again now while I'm experiencing the symptoms. He said to pressure them into giving me an ECG, X-Ray and blood tests (didn't get blood test the last time). But I can't go in until next week at earliest. Any advice? (besides lose weight obviously) Should I try take ritalin and stress myself out the night before going in, to try get my heart to hurt?

Is there any hope that in the coming decades treatments could be discovered for reducing arterial plaque, instead of just minimizing further damage? Could any of this be reversible, or is the nature of arterial plaque too awkward for there ever to be a solution?