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Chest Tightness? It Might Be Anxiety (Not Your Heart!)

Name: Chest Tightness? It Might Be Anxiety (Not Your Heart!)
Uploaded: 2024-05-02T14:00:43+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Dr. Nicole Cain
Description: A clinician (Dr. Nicole Cain) presents a case of a 36-year-old client who experiences chest-focused anxiety, shortness of breath, frequent sighing, panic…

2 May 2024 · 1 min

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A clinician (Dr. Nicole Cain) presents a case of a 36-year-old client who experiences chest-focused anxiety, shortness of breath, frequent sighing, panic leading to hyperventilation and dizziness, and strong fear that something is medically wrong. Primary-care labs (CBC), vitamin D, and thyroid tests were performed and reported as normal; the patient was referred for anxiety-focused care. The video appears to use this case to explain anxiety-related chest symptoms and approaches to management.

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36 years old.

A CBC (complete blood count), a vitamin D test, and a thyroid test; results reported as normal.

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I want to talk with you about a client that I just did a visit with. She came into my office. She's 36 years old, and she's been struggling with a lot of chest anxiety. She felt like she couldn't get a good breath. She's having panic because she feels like she can't get enough oxygen. And then she starts to hyperventilate and she's getting dizzy. And the dizziness, of course, makes her feel worse. And she's really afraid that there's something actually wrong with her and it's not just anxiety. And her doctors are like. Like, you're anxious. It's just anxiety. They ran a basic blood panel called a cbc and they did a vitamin D test and a thyroid test, and everything was normal. And so they sent her to me. And so she's sitting in my office, and I see that she's doing a lot of sighing. So she's anxious, she's sighing, and she's pointing to her chest. So let me tell you more.