Guest Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I dont know if this can be the cause of stress/lack of sleep. But i know stress + lack of sleep can cause illnesses and/or health issues. But the usual case is if i dont get enough sleep the night before occasional instances of minor chest pains do happen and shortness of breath. A few months ago I had my heart examined thoroughly and i have no signs of heart diseases, cholesterol is fine. Had my lung xrayed, no signs of lung cancer (or whatever the x-ray was supposed to reveal). So back to my chest pains/shortness of breath - i thought it was some kind of heartburn or maybe even my heart. But I think i realize now it could be my lungs - the pain is exactly in the middle of my chest..and if it really was the heart i WOULD feel it. Yesterday night was a bit chilly and i wore just enough clothes for the weather. But when i was out for an hour - i was feeling occasional chest pains. Only shortly when i returned home the pain went away - so im thinking it was the cold air that brought about the pain..and well i guess i wasnt dressed well for the weather i woke up with a minor cold. A couple months ago I had to stay late at work and drank more than the usual amount of coffee. when i came back i had extreme shortness of breath, and literally not much oxygen went to my blood/brain (or oxygenated blood for the brain) and wound up on the floor gasping for breath. they took me to the hospital and my hands turned yellow (probably lack of blood (or oxygenated blood for that short period to my hands) and the nurse couldnt figure out what it was and the conclusion was i had a bad case of hearburn/acid reflex. Im probably going to see my physician about this but I'd like to hear if anyone has advice or knows about this? Link to post Share on other sites
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