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Chest pain:- when to seek a doctor.

Chest pain can occur due to a number of conditions. Mostly these conditions are non cardiac like reflux disease, pleurisy, costo chondritis, herpes zoester etc. However its important to identify symptoms due to blockage in blood vessels of heart(coronaries).
Chest pain due to blockage in blood vessels of heart is called as angina. Anginal chest pain has several important features. Anginal pain occurs on exertion, lasts for few minutes and is relieved by rest. Its dull, non localised pain in left side of chest and may radiate to jaw, left arm, back. It may be associated with breathlessness, sweating, nausea etc. Its important to identify these symptoms . Immediate medical attention sought at right time can prevent serious complication.