About once or twice every two weeks or less, my right lung feels like it "cramps" and then its feels like electricity as it travels like a wave to the other lung and in the duration of this I can't breath because if I do it feels like a stabbing pain. Most of the time when this happens I'm not doing anything that would make me tired. Mostly happens when I'm just sitting around. For one instance I was in art class when it struck and my friend was trying to talk to me and this has happened since I was 8 [I'm 13 and 3/4 now] so I just wait about 20 seconds until it's gone and after she saw that she thinks I should get medical help if it's lasted this long, but before I go there I want to have an idea of what it might be first. Does anyone have any ideas as to what it might be?
Sometimes it's vice versa and goes from left to right, but mostly it's from right to left.
2007-02-14 23:24:46 · 3 answers · asked by [Super K] 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
The fact that it strikes so quickly and is gone so quickly also makes me think it is something to do with the chest wall - perhaps a rib muscle or something similar.
I cannot understand how a viral illness (pleurisy) could affect you for 5 years unless you are prone to getting infections for one reason or another.
2007-02-14 23:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should get it checked out by the doctor. It could be a muscle spasm,are you lifting anything heavy,do you get short of breath, do you feel dizzy, do you feel sick ,you should go to doctor it might be a panic attack.Anxiety.
2007-02-14 23:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best to get checked out by a Dr- it could be something serious.
2007-02-14 23:52:07 · answer #3 · answered by Susan H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋