Anyone chest sharp chest pains? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

cmsaint · 10-13-2006, 09:47 AM

I suffer from Fibro and I've read that you can get ches pains as a result. Well lastnight I got a real sharp chest pain on the left side that went through my back

! It scared the crap out of me and I almost went to the ER but it subsided after a few minutes.

I got to looking it up on the internet and came across, Costochondritis. It described what I felt to a T! It also says it's linked to Fibro.

Anyone else ever get this?

cmsaint · 10-13-2006, 09:49 AM

Oops sorry for the typo in my title!

meeee1974 · 10-13-2006, 11:37 AM

Hi look who has another similar symptom!!! Yep I have chest pains! Been to ER, cardiologist, had an event monitor... the whole shebang. Noncardiac related pain. WHEW! i was relieved but I still have the pains. I have sharp chest pains, dull chest aches, back aches... Costochondritis or chronic myofascial pain or the fibro. Who really knows. does it hurt when you press on your chest? That also could let you know it may not be your heart.

You should still go check it out to be on the safe side. My thoughts... Always err on the side of caution. Take care.

Erica

Jenetti · 10-13-2006, 02:30 PM

oh yea, thats one of my strongest symptom, i usually push on it as well to see if its that or if it might be my heart. ive even been to the ER several times with it, cause even if its not my heart, that pain can be pretty severe.

meeee1974 · 10-15-2006, 08:58 AM

Doesn't it worry anyone though that if it really were something serious going on one day that we'd write it off as fibro and miss it? I wonder about that all the time. How are we supposed to really know the difference if the pain is heart-attack like? We can't keep running to the ER all the time you know??? Jusst wondering out loud...