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What Causes Head And Chest Pain With Throat Discomfort?

For a few years i have been getting a sharp pain on the right side of my head that wraps down into my chest under my right breast and down my right side. It also feels like i swollowed water or got water up my nose. I also have a weird feeling in my throat. What could this be? I get it every once in a while and it last only a few minutes but had this happen last week and it lasted half hour and then today for an hour.
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Hello!

Thank you for asking on HCM!

Your symptoms seem to be related to Cluster headache, although your other symptoms make this diagnosis less likely.

The fact that the pain wraps down into the chest and right breast is not typical of any type of headache, but it may be indicative of anxiety.

Anyway, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a careful physical check up and some tests:

- a chest X ray study
- a cervical spine X ray study for possible chronic degeneration or bulging disk
- complete blood count, PCR, sedimentation rate for inflammation or infection.

If all these tests result normal, you should consider anxiety as the main cause of all your symptoms.

Hope to have been helpful!

Kind regards, Dr. Aida
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What Causes Head And Chest Pain With Throat Discomfort?

Hello! Thank you for asking on HCM! Your symptoms seem to be related to Cluster headache, although your other symptoms make this diagnosis less likely. The fact that the pain wraps down into the chest and right breast is not typical of any type of headache, but it may be indicative of anxiety. Anyway, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a careful physical check up and some tests: - a chest X ray study - a cervical spine X ray study for possible chronic degeneration or bulging disk - complete blood count, PCR, sedimentation rate for inflammation or infection. If all these tests result normal, you should consider anxiety as the main cause of all your symptoms. Hope to have been helpful! Kind regards, Dr. Aida