sudden unexpected chest pain

Hope you're feeling better :)

ugh, feels like there's some muscle spasming in my chest.

what did you do?

nothing - I get this from time to time, pretty sure it's not heart disease. I mentioned it to my doctor the last time I saw her (oh, about two years ago) and she said not to worry.

then i guess that you shouldn't, then.

it may be like a charlie horse in your chest, then.

yeah I dunno, my pulse seems fine, the pain is intermittent, not persistent, etc.

unfortunately the best way to describe it I think is it feels like someone's trying to pass a marble through one of my arteries. but I've been eating pretty healthily for the past...6 months. haven't done much cardio, though.

i would see a doctor. maybe a different one.

I occasionally get a thing where my heart beats strongly and irregularly for a couple of minutes, accompanied by loss of breath and mild freaking out, with no clear cause. But apparently it's nothing. No fun, though.

i would see a doctor. maybe a different one.

― akm, Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:06 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark

i'll defer to gbx, dyao.

i am also going to say "try another doctor". i had chest pain once with strange spasms, doc said it'd go away. saw a 2nd doctor two weeks later and he found out my lung had spontaneously collapsed.

i'm not saying that might be your situation, i'm just saying 2nd opinions can be REALLY helpful

good call. it's still here this morning, but I've figured out that it only really happens when I inhale deeply + puff my chest out - feels like something is being pushed against my chest wall. I'll see a doc today or tomorrow I guess

that feeling is the exact one I had when I had a collapsed lung! Doctor sounds good.

demand a cxr or ct scan

hah okay. what can I expect if it is the case? my health insurance is not great atm.

dunno but it's more likely pleurisy or muscle strain

Yeah my dad had what he srsly thought was a heart thing, and it tuerned out to be a pulled rib muscle.

It may be a pulled muscle. I also occasionally get chest pain while breathing when I have acid reflux. I've had all sorts of tests done by two different doctors but nothing ever shows up abnormal; that it's just acid reflux.

I agree with the others that you should see a doctor just to be certain, but don't get too anxious.

Oh, and I've been having this problem well over ten years, so if it's a heart attack then it's a rather mild one. :)

it may be a pulled muscle. but it's worth checking out, dyao. also, this:

i would see a doctor. maybe a different one.

is essential advice.

i would absoultely see another doctor. I had unexpected chest pains and 1st doctor thought it was just acid reflux stuff or muscular. Got pain again and seen a 2nd doctor and he sent me for ecg/ekg stuff and it turned out one of the ventricles in my heart worked v. strangely. I had to give up pot which was sad. I didn't die which was good.

yeah I dunno - I'm not too sure about what my health coverage is in this country (I'm in hong kong), from what I've heard it's not very good. I guess I could wait to get this checked out when I head back to the states in a month, but then it'd be out of pocket as I'm uninsured.

hong kong phooey