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What Could Cause Severe Chest Pains?

My 22 year old daughter has moderate to severe chest pains for two months or so. Two emergency rooms said it was Costochondritis. After it did not go away she went to a general practioner who said her enzyme lever was rising and she probably had chronic pancreatis. She has gone to a G.I. and they put the tube down her throat. They said she had a swolen gland in her throat that was not a big deal and a cyst on her kidney. They took a biopsy of something and said there was no cancer. She went to a cardiologist and they did a stress test and an ultrasound of her heart and found nothing wrong. Now they are puting her on antidepressants and saying lets see what happens. She is in very bad pain a lot of the time. So bad she can t even get out of the car. Please help.
Mon, 16 May 2016
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Hi thanks for contacting HCM...

Here you have not described report of FNAC from swollen gland.....

You had diagnosed previously with costochondritis......
In which ribs are tender to touch....

If stress and anxiety associated then chest pain can be aggravated ....so try to avoid stress.....

If you have ebstein Barr virus or cytomegalo virus infection then temporary liver enzymes can be raised....

If pain very much troublesome then pulmonary function test by spirometry need to be done for further work up...

If it is confirmed costochondritis then antiinflammatory drug can be tried.
If facility available trans cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation also helpful....

If still need further investigation to rule out other causes CT scan can be helpful.....

Meanwhile avoid stress.....

Consult physician with keeping this mind and detail physical examination andccording further investigation done...

Take care.

Dr.Parth
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What Could Cause Severe Chest Pains?

Hi thanks for contacting HCM... Here you have not described report of FNAC from swollen gland..... You had diagnosed previously with costochondritis...... In which ribs are tender to touch.... If stress and anxiety associated then chest pain can be aggravated ....so try to avoid stress..... If you have ebstein Barr virus or cytomegalo virus infection then temporary liver enzymes can be raised.... If pain very much troublesome then pulmonary function test by spirometry need to be done for further work up... If it is confirmed costochondritis then antiinflammatory drug can be tried. If facility available trans cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation also helpful.... If still need further investigation to rule out other causes CT scan can be helpful..... Meanwhile avoid stress..... Consult physician with keeping this mind and detail physical examination andccording further investigation done... Take care. Dr.Parth