I Have Chest Pain But I

Have been having chest pain?

Hello. I will be 18 years old in a few days. I am here to talk about chest pain.
4 weeks ago, I had been lying down and when I sat up, I had this immediate tightness coming from the center of my chest. It didn't hurt really bad or anything, it just scared me because it was so sudden. I got dizzy and nauseated (I think from anxiety). I worry a lot about my health, so I was afraid I was having a heart attack. My chest continued hurting like that for three days, so I went to the doctor. He told me that the only way someone my age could have a heart attack is if they had sky high cholesterol or a congenital heart disease. He told me that I had costochondritis. It supposedly lasts for 1-2 weeks.
But here I am, 4 weeks later and my chest is still hurting. I'm worried about my heart, but everyone keeps telling me that my heart is fine. Also, the pain has changed a bit. Sometimes, it's still the same as it was before (tightness in the center of my chest, sometimes burning or a feeling of pressure), but I've also been having a slight feeling of pressure in a small area about two inches below my collarbone, on the left side. I'll get a sharp pain at times in that area as well, or sometimes dull and achy. My left shoulder has also been hurting, as well as my left elbow and left wrist and hand. My shoulder hurts more when I use my arm. The left side of my rib cage has also been hurting. Sometimes the right side of my torso will hurt the same way, but it's usually the left. My back will start hurting sometimes too.
My mom says this is a chiropractic issue, but I am not fully convinced. She doesn't want to take me back to the doctor either. I am still worried that it's my heart or something as equally dangerous. Can someone at least reassure me truthfully that it's not?
Just a note: I have not had any trauma to my chest or anything. Also, I am in online school, so I sit around a lot doing schoolwork. I don't work out because I have no time. I am 5'2" and weigh 110 lbs.

I have severe chest pain for 3 months?

It is a consistent pain but it hurts the worst when I push my shoulders forward and pull my chest in. I am a smoker in the process of quitting and I have heart burn regularly. I figured that was why but some days are worse than others. I am slightly overweight and I have a large chest. I don't know if I should freak out and run to the hospital and get xrayed. I am going to mention it to my doctor but I already know they will tell me to quit smoking. I don't think that is it but it is possible. I am 28 and on birth control. I was afraid it was a blood clot but I have had pain for awhile now. Please help if you can. Comments and suggestions would be helpful. Also, stretching does help but doesn't make it go away completely.

What causes chest pain?

Few symptoms are more alarming than chest pain. In the minds of many people, chest pain equals heart pain. And while many other conditions can cause chest pain, cardiac disease is so common – and so dangerous – that the symptom of chest pain should never be dismissed out of hand as being insignificant.

“Chest pain” is an imprecise term. It is often used to describe any pain, pressure, squeezing, choking, numbness or any other discomfort in the chest, neck, or upper abdomen, and is often associated with pain in the jaw, head, or arms. It can last from less than a second to days or weeks, can occur frequently or rarely, and can occur sporadically or predictably.

With such a broad definition, you can see why the term “chest pain” is itself of little help to doctors.
It is important to keep in mind that chest pain is merely a symptom, not a diagnosis. And because it can be a symptom of anything from a catastrophic to a trivial medical problem, when a person experiences chest pain it is important to try to characterize that pain as rapidly as possible as being either completely benign, or possibly significant.
Chest pain is merely a symptom, not a diagnosis. Many medical problems can cause chest pain, and before the chest pain can be adequately treated, the actual underlying cause needs to be identified. The following is a list of the more common causes of chest pain, roughly in order of the frequency in which they are seen in the emergency room.

Sharp chest pains?

over the past three years i have gotten random chest pains. The pains feel like im getting stabbed and it gets worse when i breath, so i have to hold my breath for a couple of seconds. It never happens when im exercising only when im doing nothing. The pain happens happens under my left pectoral. I cant tell if its in my lung, muscle or my heart. I have put my hand on my heart and it feels like it is struggling to keep beating like it has a random beat. It has gotten worse in the past month to about once every 2 days but it goes away after a few secconds. And i am only 15 so i dont know what is wrong.

I am fairly skinny and really healthy and i think i have a pretty good diet. Home made food for every meal. Tomorrow Im going to the doctor but i was wondering if anyone else knows what it is.

I have chest pain after eating but this has never happened before. What do I do?

Pinched muscles in the back often send the pains around the body to become pains in the rib, chest or heart areas. Whey it would have gotten pinched it's hard to say but sometimes it doesn't take much for that to happen. To get rid of the chest pain you have to free up your back muscles and here's how to do that:
Back:
(do from a sitting position)
Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front and firmly pull down on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side.
For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed.

What to do about a normal EKG and still having chest pains?

A normal EKG says you have no heart damage, yet. But it sounds like you are at high risk to drop dead from a heart attack. First heart attacks kill 60% of the time.

The only good picture of the arteries is an angiogram, and they won't do one without greater indication of a problem, such as unstable angina.

Answers is not the place for serious research. If you want to find studies, go to www.pubmed.gov, and have some patience.

Statistically, you are unlikely to have heart disease, so HMO's won't spend money on you when the results are likely to be negative. My only risk factor seemed to be genetic. I am slim, athletic, eat well (but not great), don't smoke or drink or do drugs. 18 months ago I suddenly got staggering angina from minor activity. An angiogram revealed my three main cardiac arteries were 99%, 99% and 80% blocked, and they did an emergency triple bypass the next day. Word of my angiogram results spread around the hospital, and I was visited during the night by nurses who simple said to me they wanted to see "the miracle man".

I would think you have blockages that are not causing heart attacks ... yet. But they could any day. How old do you want to be when you die ? One more day, one more year, 10 years, 20 years ?

Put your cigarettes in the toilet, don't buy another pack. Start walking for exercise, not alone, or without a cell phone. Start having a lot of fruit in your diet, and cut WAY back on fats and anything any any amount of trans fats. Assume you have bad cardiovascular disease that will only get worse without change.

Do this, and you may save your own life, and a lot of money on medical care.

Your diet, smoking, and exercise are three things to take control of.

And I had a normal EKG while in massive pain 10 hours before my bypass surgery.