The good news is that (other than the pain) it is completely harmless.
The way it always felt to me is like someone wrapped a small wire around something tender in my chest, and if I tried to breathe or straighten my posture, they would yank on it. I’d get it anywhere from a couple times a week to once a month. Then one day in my mid-30s it just stopped.
From what I understand this is relatively common. I was so grateful for the person on reddit who dropped this nugget of wisdom several years ago. It was nice to know I wasn’t dying or whatever.
The first time it happened to me I was sleeping and the pain woke me up. I drank some whiskey and went back to bed to try to die in my sleep. Unfortunately I did not die peacefully.
You died in agony?
No, worse, I had to go to work in the morning.
Ugh, the worst.
Yeah…but he got better!
Before this comment, I thought my anecdote of “I had this a few years ago and decided to just let whatever it was kill me” was too bleak to post
Next time you have chest pain, take a couple of aspirin. That actually helps, you can drink whiskey too if you Watts but I do not think it helps much.
It was a “I guess this is it” drink and not a “I hope this fixes it” drink.
Isn’t alcohol and aspirin pretty bad? Maybe in thinking of something else. Anyway, read the medicine bottle first.
Aspirin thins the blood, and as such helps heart attack victims, stroke victims, and also helps preserve organs for transplant if they don’t make it. Medical professionals have said it’s about the only meaningful thing you can do for a victim outside of getting help.
No, there is no particular interaction with alcohol and aspirin, aspirin is a very old medicine whose effects are well known. Alcohol doesn’t mix well with anything really, but unless you have other issues going on, like already being on blood thinners, you want to take aspirin if you have chest pains, a heart attack, or a stroke.