  Occasional shooting pain in chest- what is it?  (7 Posts)
hellymelly Mon 12-May-14 20:25:25  Weeks ago I suddenly had some
sharp, shooting electric shock like pains in my chest, either
shooting down one arm, or up into my neck. Lasting only a
second, but a bit scary. I had a few over the course of a
weekend, so I went to the GP. He though it was probably just
that I was feeling ectopic beats, and nothing to worry about. I
was still a bit worried (I am generally prone to palpitations
and ectopics, which frighten me anyway), but I didn't have any
more, so I slightly forgot about them. Anyway, just had another,
sharp shooting pain, from my chest, up the side of my neck. I
had had a run of palpitations a few minutes earlier (which I get
a lot anyway at the moment). So does anyone think this is
worrying? Or should i try and relax about them? I have an
underactive thyroid, and am 50, so maybe hormonal? Family friend
dropped dead of a heart attack out of the blue last week which
isn't helping me relax about this!