Chest pain but all tests are normal

Ever get that heavy feeling in your chest after eating and wonder if the food is triggering a heart attack or if some heart problem is responding to your meal?

And the meal doesn’t necessarily have to be big or full of fat or grease in order to cause this heavy chest feeling.

“Most likely it’s because you have GERD (gastroesophageal reflux),” says Susan L.

Besser, MD, with Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, and Diplomate American Board of Obesity Medicine and board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.

GERD and acid reflux are very common.

These conditions may be chronic or episodic, and triggers in addition to eating include anxiety and sleeping in a horizontal position.

Eating and a Heavy Feeling in the Chest

Dr.

Besser explains, “In this condition, stomach contents regurgitate into the esophagus, which is located in the chest.

“This regurgitated food irritates the esophagus, and that can cause pain or heaviness in the chest.”

The esophagus is a muscle — bu

feeling pressure in chest when eating

feeling pain in chest while eating