Breathing pain in lung/chest while sleeping and shortness of breath.

quincy

Have you seen your doctor? If not, make that your first action.

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hl24a3

Do you think it might be serious?

I didn't plan on seeing him as I consider it an utter waste of time because on few occasions I was dismayed by his performance, facing a serious problem ale he could do was to offer a ridiculous explanation and a painkillers.

quincy

Have no idea....it could be a pinched nerve or muscle spasming, costochondritis, reflux, host of other possibilities.
Your discomfort determines whether it's worth the visit.
Keep us posted....I urge you to go to the doctor to make sure it isn't heart, lung or other related.

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hl24a3

During the last week few times I woke up in the middle of the night feeling really hot and last night I woke up all drenched in sweat. This would imply some kind of inflammation. Area affected by pain is right below the breasts and goes around. I used to have a similar night sweats but related to my back pain and "sciatica" type of pain, but this has now nearly stopped showing up. I wen't to see the doc back then about the back pain (which wasn't really all about back) it was in that area and I was totally ignored on few occasions, this is why I can't make myself to go again about this new problem now. It seems like the same thing, different type of pain just the affected area shifted up.

yayagirl

Dear hl24a3,

You may have low blood sugar. I just learned about this the hard way just yesterday.

I've experienced sweating at night or during the day and always just thought I had gotten too warm or it was menopause hormone fluctuation. Until yesterday, I was standing and passed out. I had thought my bad knee gave out and that caused me to slowly fall flat on my back, because I remembered it had buckled, but I remembered that my head hit the dirt so hard it puzzled me how that could have happened in slow motion. It was pretty unnerving when my husband said no, I had fallen fast and hard, straight onto my back and hit my head. When I fell it was almost lunch time, and I had been working really hard in the garden and had not anything to eat or drink.

I began researching as I like to do and read that when blood glucose gets too low it will trigger excess adrenaline and norepinephrine which causes excess sweating and one can go unconscious. I have passed out a few times without the sweat while I was sitting, and I had thought I was just extremely over-tired.

Looking back I realize this has happened to me many times before without falling or going unconscious, and many times it happened while driving. I'm getting myself to the doctor, ASAP, and taking juice with me in the car now.

Pain might cause the sweats, but also it may opposite. You may be having physical distress from too low blood sugar. Let me know if you get your blood sugar checked out.

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quincy

Hi....I also suggest you get checked for cystic fibrosis markers. Sounds like a possible infection, but pain can also cause sweating. Hormonal ups and downs....as well.

Go to the doctor....you need at the very least an xray, plus a full work-up. As well, request blood testing, liver function tests, complete blood counts and vitamins b and d.

Doesn't matter what you had in the past, and while one can justify it till whenever, it doesn't change the reality of what's going on in your body.....and it certainly won't stop the constant discomfort or worry that you have about it now.

Please keep us updated.

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hl24a3

I think I have finally solved my problem (touch wood) maybe it will be useful to someone else.

My particular problem was so unbelievably silly that I can't believe it, it was coffee all along so it seems.

I always drank a lot of it and had no problems, then stopped for few years with no apparent benefit so I started drinking it again, usually very strong black no milk or sugar.

Weird I would have never suspect it but as it is now it all seems to come back to normal and in within the last 5 days I have been able to sleep and actually get rested, you can't imagine how good it feels.

btw I never went to see the doctor, I knew they'll never help me, it may seem funny but was already prepared for my soon demise and got even ok with it.

quincy

Coffee is a stimulant....so if you were getting those symptoms, it could have been heart related.
I urge you to get checked anyway for your heart, and maybe push for a stress test. If you react to that, then the caffeine is what pushed your heart to that limit.

To me this isn't solved.....but yiu have found a connection.

Keep us posted,
q

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