I'm a young female who has had constant chest pressure for over a week. I had an EKG, xrays, and blood tests that came back fine. I was given pain medication and it hasn't helped. My dr. assures me that something must have pulled in my chest (a muscle). The pain is constantly there, and is more of a presseure than a pain (as if someone is pressing down on my chest). I have tried muscle relaxers, anti-inflamatory meds, heating pads, etc. nothing works. It doesn't specifically occur when moving around or eating, for example, rather, it is there continuously. Is this a muscle that has been pulled? How long will recovery take? Any ideas?
2007-01-11 04:48:03 · 5 answers · asked by ouch 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
With what all you've given in details I'd be thinking I had pulled a muscle, if it were me.
"Recovery" of pulled muscles takes a while. Be prepared for that and just when you've gotten over the crankiness of having to live with it... you'll realize, "hey, the pain is gone"! Go figure. :-)
2007-01-11 05:07:11 · answer #1 · answered by Snow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say... if the doctors can't find the cause, we certainly won't be able to here... but...
I've had a similar problem, and I was assured that it was a pulled muscle in my chest. It actually happens once in a while. Mine usually goes away in a week or so... but that's also based on (1) minimizing stress and (2) not making movements that aggravate the area.
Good luck to you.
2007-01-11 04:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by hbond2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you stressed or feeling depressed about something?
Do you get enough sleep or rest?
Are you exercising you arms or chest to have muscle pain?
Where exactly is the muscle pain in your chest?
I am sorry I am asking you all this questions.
i am not a doc, i am a female that also suffers all types of wierd pains in my chest. i know it could be nervewrecking.
let me know, because i have some ideas that might help.
2007-01-11 05:08:19 · answer #3 · answered by Diamondlight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your dr. if the pain can be produced by stress. I went through the same thing and I took anti-anxiety medication for a couple of weeks and they wenty away.
2007-01-11 05:04:11 · answer #4 · answered by Chris S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say that you have seen a doctor, have you seen a cardiologist? Heart disease is the number one killer of women, we do not present with the same symptoms as men. Women usually present with flu like symptoms, pain that radiates like GI symtoms.
It could be that you have inflammation of the cartlidge of the ribs to the sternum( breast bone), that hurts like a son a gun.
2007-01-11 04:59:46 · answer #5 · answered by mischa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋