how come i have heart pain?

Question

i'm 20 years old, active , and very healthy, but recently i've been experiencing some mild heart pains. i really only feel it when i concentrate on it. i don't think it's serious enough to see a doctor, but what advice can anyone give me from an experience of your own or just from knowledge you have about heart pain. it's kind of a sharp little stingy pain that occurs randomly throughout the day. this just started a couple days ago so do you think it could just be stress or anxiety or what? i'm not gona die or anything..right?

Answer 1

:-) Fortunately, chest pain doesn't always signal a heart attack. Often chest pain is unrelated to any heart problem. But even if the chest pain you experience has nothing to do with your cardiovascular system, the problem may still be important — and worth the time spent in an emergency room to have your chest pain evaluated.

>>>Other causes of chest pain include:

* Asthma, which is generally accompanied by shortness of breath, wheezing, or cough.
* Pneumonia, a blood clot to the lung (pulmonary embolism), the collapse of a small area of a lung (pneumothorax), or inflammation of the lining around the lung (pleurisy). In these cases, the chest pain often worsens when you take a deep breath or cough and usually feels sharp.
* Strain or inflammation of the muscles and tendons between the ribs.
* Anxiety and rapid breathing.

Chest pain can also be related to problems with your digestive system. These include stomach ulcer, gallbladder disease, gallstones, indigestion, heartburn, or gastroesophageal reflux (when acid from your stomach backs up into your esophagus).

Ulcer pain burns if your stomach is empty and feels better with food. Gallbladder pain often gets worse after a meal, especially a fatty meal.

In children, most chest pain is not caused by the heart.

>>>Call 911 if:

* You have sudden crushing, squeezing, tightening, or pressure in your chest.
* Pain radiates to your jaw, left arm, or between your shoulder blades.
* You have nausea, dizziness, sweating, a racing heart, or shortness of breath.
* You know you have angina and your chest discomfort is suddenly more intense, brought on by lighter activity, or lasts longer than usual.
* Your angina symptoms occur at rest.
* You have sudden sharp chest pain with shortness of breath, especially after a long trip, a stretch of bedrest (for example, following an operation), or other lack of movement that can lead to a blood clot in your leg.

Know that your risk of heart attack is greater if you have a family history of heart disease, you smoke, use cocaine, are overweight, or you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes.

>>>Call your doctor if:

* You have a fever or a cough that produces yellow-green phlegm.
* Chest wall pain persists for longer than 3 to 5 days.

>>>What to expect at your health care provider's office

Emergency measures will be taken, if necessary. Hospitalization will be required in difficult or serious cases or when the cause of the pain is unclear.

The doctor will perform a physical examination and monitor your vital signs (temperature, pulse, rate of breathing, blood pressure). The physical examination will focus on the chest wall, lungs, and heart. Your doctor may ask questions like the following:

* Is the pain between the shoulder blades? Under the breastbone? Does the pain change location? Is it on one side only?
* How would you describe the pain? (Severe, tearing or ripping, sharp, stabbing, burning, squeezing, constricting, tight, pressure-like, crushing, aching, dull, heavy)
* Does it come on suddenly? Does the pain occur at the same time each day?
* Is the pain getting worse? How long does the pain last?
* Does the pain go from your chest into your shoulder, arm, neck, jaw, or back?
* Is the pain worse when you are breathing deeply, coughing, eating, bending?
* When you are exercising? Is the pain better after you rest? Is it completely relieved or just less pain?
* Is the pain better after you take nitroglycerin medication? After you drink milk or take antacids? After belching?
* What other symptoms are also present?

>>>Diagnostic tests that may be performed include:

* Blood tests (such as LDH, LDH isoenzymes, CPK, CPK isoenzymes, Troponin, CBC, and blood differential)
* Cardiac catheterization
* ECG
* Exercise ECG
* Lung scan
* X-rays of the chest

More complex tests may be required depending on the difficulty of diagnosis or the suspected cause of the chest pain.

>>>click this link for an interactive diagnosis of your chest pain:
http://familydoctor.org/523.xml

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I believe that you are saying that you experience discomfort in your chest as you would have no way to determine if this were in fact from the heart. Your description almost certainly indicates that the discomfort is from the muscles in the chest wall and not related in any way to the heart. You should consult a physician if the pain becomes more severe, more frequent, of longer duration, related to physical activity, is associated with shortness of breath, and if you must stop and rest due to pain.

Answer 4

i know someone who has a heart murmur. She's very healthy, watches what she eats and does a lot of sports, but at random times in the day, she'll get very sharp heart pains....sort of like a cramp. She says it feels like she's having a mild heart attack. Its genetic, so you may want to get checked out. A heart murmur, is when a section of your heart doesn't close all the way, or has a hole and your body is getting too much blood.

Answer 5

that isn't heart pain. heart pain feels like a weight on your chest, and dull pain in your arm, like an overworked muscle. Your pain could be anything from a pulled muscle, to an ulcer, to just a spasm in the chest wall. Go get it checked out. Any unexplained pain should be investigated.

Answer 6

Do you mean you have chest pain? You are rather young to be at risk for heart disease or heart attack.You may experience symptoms: Angina Pectoris. The symptoms usually come with physical exertion. For a list of signs and symptoms, please visit the link that I have provided. Remember that angina is similar in symptoms relating to heart attack. However, angina pain is short lived, lasting a few minutes and heart attack pain usually doesn't go away.

Chest pain should not be taken lightly. Please visit your primary care physician for a full assessment of your condition.

Answer 7

It is very rare for a 20 year old to have chest pain due to heart disease unless there are drugs like crack or meth involved or you have a severe form of inherited lipid (cholesterol) disease. Otherwise your pain is either from the chest wall muscles or the joint between your ribs and breastbone and is not life-threatening.

Answer 8

I would see a doctor, even at you age there can be heart pains, and it can be different in each individual. I had a heart attack and it was between my shoulder blades, and then it went down my left side. PLEASE SEE A DOCTOR, don't mess around with even mild heart pains.

Answer 9

i WOULD DEFiNETLY SEE A DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR PAiNS. ANY PROBLEMS YOU NOTiCE iNVOLViNG YOUR HEART iS AUTOMATiCALLY SOMETHiNG YOU WANT TO GET LOOKED AT. iT DOESNT MATTER HOW BAD iT iS NOW OR HOW YOU HAVENT HAD iT FOR THAT LONG. iT COULD GET WORSE AND iT COULD BE SYMPTOMS FOR SOMETHiNG VERY SERiOUS. EVEN iF iT iS JUST FROM STRESS.. YOUR NOT iN THE POSiTiON TO SELF DiAGNOSS THOUGH.. NOR ARE ANY OF US. BE ON THE SAFE SiDE AND GET iT CHECKED OUT.
BY THE WAY. CONFiRM YOUR EMAiL ADDRESS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN EMAiL YOU. hAHA i TRiED BUT YOU HAVENT CONFiRMED YOUR EMAiL SO NO ONE CAN SEND YOU THiNGS. :-)

Answer 10

just check it out from a doctor i thaught the same way you did and checked it out and found out my heart was inflamed from stress from lifting heavy weights and being stressed at the same time there's pills to help it anywayz i feel fine now thats been like 2 years ago