Chest pain!does anyone know what is causing this? - Open to All Other Health Topics Message Board

Minnie_Me · 09-25-2003, 07:26 PM

Hello!
I discovered this site a few months ago and it is great!I finally decided it was time for me to post a question!

Here goes... I am a 16 yr old female with no family history of heart problems

Since I was about 13 yrs old I have been experiencing these odd chest pains that only happen wen I take a deep breath or if I inhale a bit deeper then normal the pain is kind of difficult to describe it is located in the middle of my chest and as i inhale it seems to move up forward like doing near my throat but not exactly up that far(just trying to give a close description)anyways to describe it, it sort of feels sharp quick and just strange.... wen im finishing taking the breath it is completly gone so its maybe a 2-3 second pain

I don't know what is causing this wen i first had it i went to my mom's physican and she started saying she didnt think it was anything to be worried about there are alot of muscles in the chest etc.

I went to my doctor about 2 months ago and he listened to my chest said my heart sounds good and he said that the pain i feel is very common alot of ppl experience it and it is related to the stomach and eating....

the pain is not all the time sometimes i will get it once that day and then a month later get it agian.... or like today i had it about 5 times in 1hr but the thing was i hadn't eat anything i only had a few sips of diet pepsi so thats why i was confused about hte caused by eating part?.....

wen i did have it today....i was getting my school photos back so i was really nervous i dont know if that had anything to do with it?

Sometimes i notice it wen im angry or nervous.... or sometimes i notice it after i have eaten and like i said i might have it once that day and not have it agian for weeks!so I'm wondering does anyone experience chest pain or anything like that wen they inhale?

Also i was wondering does heart related pain happen wen inhaling or taking a deep breath??? because i was told it doesn't but im not sure!!!

I dont have any other symptoms except sometimes (not wen i have the chest pain) i get pain in my left arm like from my elbow to fingers not severe(and does NOT start at the shoulder or anything) and I am LEFT handed so maybe that's why i get this sometimes but i have been reading that left arm pain could be a sign of a heart problem and i am freaking out because I am a major Hypochondriac!

I dont smoke do drugs etc... generally a healthy person!

If anyone could help me out that would be great!

thank u!

Minnie Me

Astf · 09-26-2003, 04:01 PM

I have experienced this. I asked my doctor about it a long time ago (when my doctor was my pediatrician) and she said that it was caused by your lungs trying to expand while a muscle somewhere in the chest was contracted. I think it's the equivalent of a muscle cramp. Anyway, she said it was normal and I shouldn't worry about.

jelibehn · 09-26-2003, 05:02 PM

After a car accident those muscles hurt, occassionally, and sharply, because of a sprain. The pain eventually went away when the muscles healed.
Another difference would be made by a chiropractor. Subluxations (something pinched) will aggravate peculiar areas. You would be SO surprised at the difference.

Minnie_Me · 09-28-2003, 11:53 PM

Thanx for ur replys!

Minnie Me

bassie · 10-01-2003, 07:03 AM

Hello
Don't dismiss stomach pain (as in acidity in stomach).
That can give the symptoms you descibe particularly going up to the throat.
Acidity in stomach may give "referred" chest pain (Some people think they have an ulcer but have heart problems or vice versa).(I don't mean you).
You mention nervousness and anger agrivates it.
It's probably worth sucking an antacid tablet from time to time and see if that helps.