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Months of Chest Pain - Please help
Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 24, 2022 | Replies (296)Comment receiving replies
Hello Forum,
For the past six months, I've been feeling fatigue/pain in the upper part of my chest -- mostly centralized, but it radiates up my neck when it gets really bad. It constantly hurts to inhale and exhale. My lymph node in my chest (by my L clavicle) also starts throbbing when the pain gets bad.
The activity that makes it hurt the most is talking. Cardio exercise (jogging, biking, swimming) also causes pain, which is a feeling of fatigue or being worn out, combined with soreness. Note that the pain doesn't happen DURING the exercise, but mostly afterward.
I had bronchitis seven months ago (or so I thought... maybe it wasn't?) and then a cough that lasted into the following month. The cough disappeared, but since then the pain comes and goes by the day. I should also mention that right around the time the "bronchitis" started, I had a very active weekend -- hiking, a potluck with a lot of "belly laughs" (which I feel is somehow linked)...
I've been treated for asthma (inhalers), pneumonia (antibiotics) and costochondritis (anti-inflammatories), but none of them have worked. The naproxen has helped to diminish the pain, but not get rid of it.
I also have hypermobility in my joints (I'm very flexible) and have had a lot of soft tissue injuries over the years that took a long time to go away (e.g., plantar fasciitis), which is why my doctors thought it might be costochondritis.
Please tell me if you've ever experienced something like this! I really need help since the doctors don't know what to do with me any more.
Thank you!!
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I have no idea at all if this is going to apply to you but here goes. I have a ton of breathing issues, tightness in my chest, feeling a lack of air, constant bronchitis and infections, and losing difficulty talking. The more I talked the more I lost my voice. I was misdiagnosed with asthma for well over a year, and no one could figure out what I had, as I just got sicker and sicker...I finally went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester this past winter and got properly diagnosed. I had laryngopharyngeal reflux-silent reflux, which means acid travels up your esophagus and makes it difficult to breathe, sore throat, hoarseness, mucus in throat, etc. I had personally a feeling of pressure in my chest. I don't know if this is you at all, but I can tell you, multiple specialists missed this and almost 2 years of being untreated left me really ill, and caused a host of other issues. I hope you figure things out and feel better soon.
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Hello, I was wondering if you ever received a medical diagnosis? I also experience fatigue and pain in the center of my chest with increased talking. And have a similar story to yours above. Thank you.