Anemia -- has positively nothing to do with being over or under weight-- that is a misconception... Aside from that you can have a bazillion causes of Anemia including:
Iron deficiency anemia <<< the most common cause.
Sickle Cell Anemia
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Pernicious anemia
Thalassemia <<< my nephew has this
Microcytic hypochromic anemia - Aplastic anemia - Hemolytic anemia - Sideroblastic anemia
Anemia of chronic disease...
--the brother here actually raises a very important point... Someone in your age group can have a very plausible cause for anemia -- refer to number one..
Can you think of at least one way you might be losing blood? (I am sure you can!) If it is severe enough -- it can in fact cause heart problems -- as Anemia reduces the amount of oxygen the blood carries, so that the heart must work harder to provide the same amount of oxygen to tissues. So you can't really rule out or attest to a particular cause until you actually have it checked out... I am willing to bet that you are neither suffering from Angina nor a heart attack.. unless you have history of Familial hypercholesterolemia-- with several members dropping dead in their twenties...
I find even valvular disease to be more plausible than a heart attack at this stage-- and the possibility of any of them in you
are remote --
but no one can sit here diagnosing you or speculating.. you still need to go run some tests...
Also--BTW heart attacks in young women,diabetics and the elderly are usually silent --
you can even just have a bad stomach cramps that will mimic a heart attack--gas severe enough it can press on the diaphragm and give you refered pain in the shoulders and the arms through the phrenic nerve - so what is the point of everyone passing an opinion if you don't go confirm it with a professional? You see how the possibilities are endless? and some of them very harmless?
I am sure they will take you seriousely.. if they don't they can lose their license.. at least that is the case her in the U.S...
wassaalaam
Hope you are feeling better.. the next time I see a reply to this thread in my mail box-- it will be with some good news Insha'Allah
