2007-08-30 11:32:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
You should go to the emergency room as soon as possible. They will make sure you aren't having a heart attack. Chest pains are nothing to fool around with. They'll probably run an EKG on you first to make sure it isn't your heart.
I've been having simliar symptoms for about two weeks--more of a crampy pain on the right side of my sternum--and believe me, it's no fun getting everything checked out. Luckily, everything so far has turned out normal. It could be GERD--a nurse friend of mine says that when young patients (I'm in my late 30s) have chest pains, it usually is GERD.
But get checked out, please! And I hope everything turns out well.
2007-08-30 14:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like costochondritis - inflammation at the junction of a rib and its cartilage. A doctor can diagnose this for you and give you an antiinflamtory agent to help relieve the inflammation.
GERD/heartburn symptoms are more of a burning at the top of your stomach and up into your throat.
2007-08-30 18:43:44 · answer #2 · answered by ripsgracie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, this sounds more like it could be something called costochondritis which is an inflammation of the cartillage around the ribcage. It can cause chest pain that can make someone think they are having a heart attack or heart burn like you described.
The only way to know for sure is to have this evaluated by your doctor to see what they think is causing this.
2007-08-30 18:40:37 · answer #3 · answered by sokokl 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's sounds like it's could be something called costochondritis which is an inflammation of the cartillage around the ribcage. It's not heartburn, or could be having heart attack or so. Best thing for you goes see your doctor immediately.
2007-08-30 18:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by sabrinaelder 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heartburn feels more like a burning in your stomach, or at the bottom of your throat as its caused by stomach acid backing up into your esophagus.
2007-08-30 18:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by Jenna H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thump up for sokokl
costochondritis (which is benign condition ) is your most likely enemy , non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the treatment of choice for such condition after your Doctor rule out other causes especially Ischemic heart diseases and valvular heart diseases
2007-08-30 18:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by medodedo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not.
2007-08-30 18:35:44 · answer #7 · answered by :D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋