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Need Treatment For Chest Pain

I have a 12yr old boy, that for the past 18 months has suffered from a stabbing/gripping chest pain. He is rather tall and slim, and the GP put it down to growing pains, these attacks would be about once every two weeks. But now he is getting the more frequent and occurring pain and although it still only last a minute or so, it has gone from bearable to being really painfull and very stressful for him. Please advise
Thu, 24 Sep 2015
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Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand his situation and problem.
Recurrent chest pain in 12 year old boy can be due to valvular heart diseases.
So we need to rule out this first.
So get done ecg and 2d echo to rule out valvular heart diseases.
If both are normal than no need to worry for heart diseases.
Sometimes psychiatric issues in children can cause similar kind of chest pain.
So consult psychiatrist and get done counseling sessions. Try to identify stressor in his life and start working on its solution.
He may need additional drugs too.
Don't worry, he will be happy but first rule out heart diseases.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wishing him good health.
Thanks.
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Need Treatment For Chest Pain

Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand his situation and problem. Recurrent chest pain in 12 year old boy can be due to valvular heart diseases. So we need to rule out this first. So get done ecg and 2d echo to rule out valvular heart diseases. If both are normal than no need to worry for heart diseases. Sometimes psychiatric issues in children can cause similar kind of chest pain. So consult psychiatrist and get done counseling sessions. Try to identify stressor in his life and start working on its solution. He may need additional drugs too. Don t worry, he will be happy but first rule out heart diseases. Hope I have solved your query. Wishing him good health. Thanks.