Any experience hot and cold flushes in the chest?

[Atmraanedgaer]

Hi

i recently had my first server aniexty attack which i went to hospital thinking i was having a heart attack which i had all tests done and came back all normal, and since then i have been trying everything to improve my mood and the way i feel and think etc but i still gwt aniexty attacks just not as server but ive just got the flu the past few days so ive been in bed alot and been getting hot and cold flushes across the chest. I wondered if it was associated with the flu or am i panicking its more and having panic attacks agains....just when i thought i got a handle on this i get sick 😞 makes me miserable i hat this feeling and thinking its something worse.

[blondguy]

Hi Atmraanedgaer

I understand your situation with your first anxiety attack....Thats an awful place to be in as I used to have these attacks as well. Just from my own experience an anxiety attack can feel like we have problems in our chest for sure

If your results from hospital were okay the sensations in the chest can be a result of an anxiety attack

You mentioned that you now have the flu....Sometimes when we have a lot of ongoing stress in our lives our immune system can be lowered to the point where we get the flu....a bad cold...or just feeling terrible

Can I ask if you have ongoing stress (work or personal life) recently?

Anxiety issues can make us vulnerable to infection...the flu etc. The anxiety does use a lot of our energy thus reducing our immune systems ability to cope

you are not alone

my kind thoughts

Paul