The stabbing pains just come on randomly (when I am not holding my breath) and I have to hold my breath until it stops hurting (breathing makes it hurt more). I usually take a few deep breathes afterwards, just to help everything calm down, but I don't like breathing when it is happening.
It is somewhere in my chest area, near the front on the side where my heart is, near my ribs, or just inside from them.
I am only 17, female.
2007-02-20 03:21:11 · 10 answers · asked by joy_hardyman2003 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I don't exercise much, but nor do I smoke etc. I don't do enough exercise to have hurt a rib...
2007-02-20 04:30:46 · update #1
Go see your GP...
About 2 years ago, I got a sharp stabbing pain in my chest just up by my collar bone. Breathing in made it worse...I tried to ignore it for a few days and took pain killers. Then I started to notice that when I bent forward I got a "rumbling" sensation in my chest...it turned out to be a collapsed lung!
Totally spontaneous!
Apparently it's very common..especially if you are quite tall, and skinny.
I was put on strong painkillers and told to rest for a week, and it re-inflated itself!
This happened 4 more times in about 18 months, progressively getting worse each time. I ended up having an operation to stop it happening again!
I've not had any problems since!
Don't panic...I know it sounds bad...but it's really not!
Good luck! :)
2007-02-22 01:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a temperature - could be pleurisy - but go to local doc/nurse/casualty and get it checked out. Any of the above about blood clots as well? Better to be safe than sorry!
Good luck
2007-02-20 04:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by essdee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might have a displaced rib or maybe a broken rib. Go see a doc and get a x ray. If that is negative then go see a chiropractor.
Peace
2007-02-20 03:28:11 · answer #3 · answered by Massageman 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I see your question was posted 1 week ago !!!! My advice is hopefully superfluous i.e. go and see your GP a.s.a.p.!!!! and you are feeling a lot better. Hope so.
2007-02-27 22:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by biggi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like musculoskeletal but you need to see a doctor with any chest pain. and do you smoke or take cocaine? these are big causes of chest pain.
2007-02-27 01:32:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heart attack ! Best cure is for Cad to come over and rub some vic in. I say
2007-02-20 03:28:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR!!! no one can tell you on line. It could be anything. Be safe and get it checked.
2007-02-28 01:52:22 · answer #7 · answered by Eunice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you on birth control? Do you smoke? It could be a blood clot or asthma SEE A DOCTOR NOW!!!!!
2007-02-20 03:26:03 · answer #8 · answered by roseysuzy1128 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
see your gp now
2007-02-27 04:57:18 · answer #9 · answered by Lynsey D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if no injury, it could be wind getting trapped. I would say you have pulled a muscle. if it persist go to your g.p..---------
2007-02-27 07:56:57 · answer #10 · answered by mother 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋