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Suggest Treatment For Chest Pain And Palpitation
I am a 16 year old 5'5 140 lbs male . Since April 28 I have been having anxiety attacks. And every time I had one, my heart would not only beat fast but it would have irregular heart beats. It would go from fast to slow drastically and would have an extra beat. And it would have one really hard beat every couple of minutes. It would feel like pressure on my heart and would only have little pain. I went to the hospital and they said everythings ok and normal after the tests and EKG and x ray. Now About two weeks later I have been experiencing pain on the left side of my chest, when I inhale to a certain point it would hurt really bad. I've read about it and I had all the symptoms of PCS, so I think I may have PCS. I went to the hospital on the same day I had an episide if what I think is PCS. And they've done the same tests. An EKG an xray and they said everything is ok and normal. But I still have been having the pain for about 16 hours now. And im kind of worried, but when I go to the hospital they say im ok and that Its just muscle spasms. I need to know whats going on. Please help.. Thank you
Mon, 19 Dec 2016
Hi,
Getting a heart disease at your age is very rare if all your tests are normal. So you need to stop worrying from the cardiac point of view. If you keep thinking about the disease our brain adapts accordingly and make us think we are diseased.
Chest pain can have a lot of causes
Symptoms like you are telling( pain increases with breathing) looks like costochondritis in which their is inflammation at bone and joint junction of chest. You just need a pain killer and stop worrying.
The condition will gradually go in a week.
Thanks
Dr Sameer Maheshwari
Getting a heart disease at your age is very rare if all your tests are normal. So you need to stop worrying from the cardiac point of view. If you keep thinking about the disease our brain adapts accordingly and make us think we are diseased.
Chest pain can have a lot of causes
Symptoms like you are telling( pain increases with breathing) looks like costochondritis in which their is inflammation at bone and joint junction of chest. You just need a pain killer and stop worrying.
The condition will gradually go in a week.
Thanks
Dr Sameer Maheshwari
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