I am a 47 year old man and sometimes I have these pains. Had a complete physical last year because I was not feeling good. Everything checked out fine. Good heart, no diabitis doctor checked blood & urine. Everything normal. Sometimes i get a little pain in chest either side and sometimes a little shortness of breadth it only lasts 5-10 seconds then usually goes away. I work an active job standing on my feet for 8 to 10 hours a day. Do you think its stress or just the joys of pushing 50. I get this more when I'm not working. The small pain always goes away, it can happen once a day or not for a couple of days.
2007-06-10 10:50:45 · 10 answers · asked by paul s 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
This is probably not what you want to hear, but usually if you get a clean bill of health, then it has more to do with your emotions. It could be stress. What you described sounds like a panic attack. Is there something new that has been troubling you? Or is there something old that you have shoved under the rug and now it is coming to the surface? Try and slow down a little and think of what could be the source of stress in your life. If you cannot figure it out, then consider talking to a counselor. The fact that you mentioned the joys of turning 50, that could be a source of stress for you. Many people instead of viewing it as another year find the big 50 something hard to cope with.
2007-06-10 11:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by m f 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering that you've already been checked for pathologies I'd say there is an excellent chance you are suffering from a fixation of the vertebrae in the mid back area. Your spine is meant to be flexible but when something causes it to fixate, such as stress, overwork, injury, you will lose flexibility. The ribs attach to these mid back vertabrae at the back and the sternum in the front. With normal breathing these ribs elevate and the chest expands. Fixations will impede this movement and you have the beginnings of pain. These pains can be in the back, the rib cage or in the chest. many people will have very little pain during the day but will have pain while in bed at night. This is probably caused by your body weight on the mattress putting pressure on your rib cage. Many people think they are having a heart attack when it is merely musculoskeletal pain.
Trying lying face down on the bed and have someone apply pressure to the spine starting at the base of the neck and working downward towards the lower back. There's a good chance they will find one or more very tender, even painful, areas right over the spine or slightly to the side of the spine.
If so, there's a good chance a chiropractor can help correct this problem.
2007-06-10 11:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Rick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like a combination of age and not enough of the right excercises and eating right / drinking enough water, and stress,
check your eating habits and how much water you drink, and go for good 30 minute walks each day, whether you work or not, the walking will help relieve stress too,
eat more healthy foods, fruits and veggies, proteins that are not meat, and our body needs a minimum of 8 - 8oz glasses of water daily - the water helps flush the bad stuff from our system and keeps everything working good, also if you eat out at restraunts much you should get salads and healthy meals instead of fast foods like hamburgers, i'm sure you know what i'm talking about,
and IF you still have problems with shortness of breath, have your heart doctor do an echocardiogram - its a sonogram and EKG of the heart ; to see if there is a problem developing that wasn't detected with the tests done before, they don't always see the problem with a normal heart test,
2007-06-10 11:07:05 · answer #3 · answered by kay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is the pain only in your chest? (Angina maybe), are there other factors, like eating (gallbladder), do you have pain anywhere else?
I would at least let your doctor know, and let them determine if you should be concerned but it just sounds like overworking, too much standing, or maybe a little stress.
2007-06-10 10:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by wildbeagle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably pleurisy - which is an inflammation of the lining of the lungs. It's fairly common, but it can be painful. You may mention the possibility of this to your physician and see if you can get an albuterol inhaler for when you have the pain.
2007-06-10 11:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stress related, get a professional massage once every three weeks or so and you shouldn't be having this type of problem anymore. Your body just needs to be broken down and relaxed a bit.
2007-06-10 10:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 11:46:17 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcom to old age, you will find more as time goes on.
2007-06-10 10:59:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well u spell like a 13 year old
2007-06-10 10:53:03 · answer #9 · answered by Leurys A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it probably has something to do with your heart. get it checked out.
2007-06-10 14:28:29 · answer #10 · answered by meganandrews2003@yahoo.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋