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Originally Posted by Pierre
I suppose by the same token if you have a head ache you should run off screaming brain tumour as well?
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No because the medical advice on when you feel a headache is not to go to your doctors right away.
The medical advice for chest pain is to deal with it ASAP because time is critical, you don't wait until you've collapsed with a confirmed heart attack to get it treated. You said previously that people should be able to tell the difference but by all accounts you sometimes cannot. Angina specifically very closely mirrors the symptoms of a heart attack but, whilst serious, it's not as time critical as a heart attack. Obviously you don't go if it's heartburn but 'chest pain', go.