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What Causes Severe Pain In The Chest With Abnormal EKG?

I have been having really bad problems with my heart the past three weeks. Im only 15 years old . In the beggining it was really bad and i had pain all throughout the day on the left side of my chest and ended up in the emergency room. I had an abmormal ekg . After about a week it started to slow down some and i would have about 2-3 sharp pains each hour. They weren't absolutely horrible but definitely enough to bother me. Then it started to come back and now i have the pain worse and about every 10-20 seconds. If i try and jog or play soccer my heart will start beating way faster than it should and i can feel my heartbeat throughout my body like its about to just burst out of my chest. also when i was at the hospital they said my heart rate was high even though i had been laying and sitting down the whole time . Im really in a lot of pain and i've been to three doctors and have an apt with a cardioligist this week. Im really in a lot of pain and someone as young as me shouldnt be put through this. Please help!
Mon, 6 Feb 2017
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Hi,
This is Dr Sameer, cardiologist.
Pain in chest due to heart disease is very rare at your age. Chest pain due to heart disease is non localized, squeezing type & increase on exertion. Still you need to do a ECG & 2D Echo for cardiac evaluation.
Chest pain at your age can be simple muscle pain or costochondritis(inflammation of joint between bone & cartilage of chest wall). Both are treated with pain killer. Tab Ultraset will be safe & good for you.
Thanks
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What Causes Severe Pain In The Chest With Abnormal EKG?

Hi, This is Dr Sameer, cardiologist. Pain in chest due to heart disease is very rare at your age. Chest pain due to heart disease is non localized, squeezing type & increase on exertion. Still you need to do a ECG & 2D Echo for cardiac evaluation. Chest pain at your age can be simple muscle pain or costochondritis(inflammation of joint between bone & cartilage of chest wall). Both are treated with pain killer. Tab Ultraset will be safe & good for you. Thanks