i having being having chest pain on and off for a week or two now it seems like whenever i lay down to go to sleep my chest starts bothering me and my back starts to hurt particularly on my left side. but it becomes hard for me to got to sleep because it feels like i can't breath and that there is a pressure on my chest. has anyone ever heard of this. i looked up my symptoms online and have found something called Pneumothorax. My symptoms are very simliar. Has anyone ever experienced this please help!!! Serious Inquiries and Answers only Thanks!!
2007-02-17 15:59:00 · 14 answers · asked by Juliaysha247 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
see a doctor asap. worst case scenerio, go to the ER.
2007-02-17 16:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
I am an Echocardiographer, meaning I do ultrasound of the heart. Your symptoms could be many things from a pulled muscle to an impending heart attack. You need to take chest pain seriously and get to the ER. You could have fluid in the sac that contains your heart called the pericardium. This is called a pericardial effusion and can result from many causes but usually chest injury of some sort. It can become more difficult to breath when lying down when there is fluid in the pericardial sac because the fluid exerts a pressure on the heart making it more difficult to pump. But this is all just guessing! You need to go to the ER and let them check for lung and heart problems. Hopefully its just a pulled muscle but if it's not and you wait you may be risking your life or at a minimum your quality of life! Please take the chest pressure/pain and difficulty breathing seriously and get to the ER so the experts can tell you everything is Ok or not. Take care and I will pray you get to the ER ASAP!
Kristy
2007-02-17 16:15:05 · answer #2 · answered by Kristy W 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A pneumothorax is when you have a hole in your lung and the air is escaping into your lung cavity. I highly doubt you have that...you would always be having a hard time breathing it that were the case. You should see your doc or go to the ER, you need blood tests to show if it is cardiac or if it's not. Chest pain, or matter how slight, is not something to "wait and see" about.
2007-02-17 16:09:33 · answer #3 · answered by nd721 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could just be sore muscles or GI problems but could also be symptom of a heart attack in progress. The feeling of pressure and difficulty breathing is one of the most common signs of heart attact. A lung condition called pleurisy could also result in these symptoms. I would suggest getting it checked out ASAP, your life could depend upon it. As far as being worse when you lay down, this is common with most discomforts, When you lie down to sleep, your mind is not busy with other things and you tend to notice any pain that you are experiencing more vividly.
2007-02-17 16:08:43 · answer #4 · answered by Nana 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 06:30:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't fool around. Get to a doctor. I thought I was having indigestion once, but it wouldn't go away. I went to the hospital and had five bypass surgery the next day. Don't wait. Find out what it is that's bothering you.
2007-02-17 16:09:02 · answer #6 · answered by brenbon1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it could be dute to a heart condition, hyperacidity, lung infection or pleurits (inflamation of the skin covering the lungs)Any better go to a doctor and get an ecg and and a chest xray done
2007-02-17 17:24:06 · answer #7 · answered by mpact 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know gall stones have the same systems. I had my gall bladder removed at the age of 22.
2007-02-19 17:24:57 · answer #8 · answered by Peppermint Patti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intense heart burn? Get it checked out by a doctor just in case.
2007-02-17 16:06:47 · answer #9 · answered by ♥c0c0puffz♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes,i do my condition is called Angina,you need to go get a chest x-ray immediatly,you never stated how old you are,and other medical issues so its hard to tell from that.good luck to ya.
2007-02-17 16:04:06 · answer #10 · answered by alcaholicdemon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋