Months of Chest Pain - Please help

Posted by capt209 @capt209, Nov 19, 2017

Hello all,

My name is Brandon and I'm a 34 year old male. I'm excited to get signed up on here and hopeful this may help my anxiety which is through the roof! I have been through ongoing chest pain for the past 4 months. The pain started off as a pinch on the left side of chest. It evolved into a pinch and pressure onto the right side of chest. It would be nearly daily, but didn't really get worse after meals or doing a lot of exercising. The pain then started radiating to my shoulders and sometimes into my arms but rarely. Now, it radiates into my jaw occasionally. I get a wierd fluttering in my chest occasionally when I lay down, but when i sit up and get doing stuff I don't realize it much. Now the chest pain mainly feels like pressure in my chest snd i get occsssional sharp pains on the lower portion of my ribs and sometimes on each side of my sternum. What could this be?

Here's what all I've had done....
CT scan of heart and heart echo - found i have a slightly dialated aerota at the base that they will monitor yearly. I also have a bicuspid aerota valve with moderate regurgitation. Cardiologist does not think my heart is causing the pains. I have no blockages at all and they aren't concerned at all of a heart attack.

I was scoped and found i have a moderate to large hiatal hernia and esophagitas. They also did a manometry test and found I was having esophogas spasms. I am set to have a bravo test this week to see if acid reflux might be the cause. I bet that will show that is the case because I've had acid reflux since my late teens / early 20s.

During my CT scan, they saw a slightly enlarged lymphnode...which i think was on the right side of my chest. They said they would recheck that in 6 months. I had a cold or infection during that test and had some congestion and they say that may of been the reason for that.

I have been on a proton pump inhibitor, zantac and tums as needed but i haven't really noticed much of an improvement on them, if at all.

I have back problems and a neck injury as well. They also think that may be the cause of the chest pain. I had an MRI which did not show any nerve compression but I am constantly battling neck and back pain, sometimes severe.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks all,
Brandon

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@trellg132

I also have chest problem that can move around chest to shoulders cardiologist says there's nothing wrong with my heart so what could it be also have acid reflux

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Im no doctor but i feel better when i dont eat the gluten, and the gluten causes my acid reflux/heart burn. I just think its a scary feeling isnt it? The pain that cannot be explained or confirmed by doctors after ekgs and doctors checking me ive been told its anxiety it seems to be the easiest explanation but even with anxiety meds i still get the pains

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Yes it is I'm also on bp medication it's a very low dose but yes pain it's scary

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@trellg132

Yes it is I'm also on bp medication it's a very low dose but yes pain it's scary

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I just wish i could get a straight answer. I feel like im nuts... but a colleague of mine said she has IBS and gets the pains too. So i felt a little relief as i dont have IBS but the acid reflux and she also has had IBS her whole adult life. I asked her how does she deal with it and she said she ignores it. Well thats not easy for me

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@cindyvag

I just wish i could get a straight answer. I feel like im nuts... but a colleague of mine said she has IBS and gets the pains too. So i felt a little relief as i dont have IBS but the acid reflux and she also has had IBS her whole adult life. I asked her how does she deal with it and she said she ignores it. Well thats not easy for me

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Me either I wonder what other test should I get done I haven't had any indigestion or anything like that done maybe I need to get that checked out

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@trellg132

Me either I wonder what other test should I get done I haven't had any indigestion or anything like that done maybe I need to get that checked out

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Like right now I can feel a little chest discomfort and I'm at work it comes and goes a straight answer would be nice

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@trellg132

Like right now I can feel a little chest discomfort and I'm at work it comes and goes a straight answer would be nice

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So pls dont laugh, but a doctor once told me that if you push on the pain and it goes away, you are NOT having a heart attack... how true this is i dont know but it helps set my mind at ease 🙂 i went to get the allergy and tolerance tests it showed up with gluten so it might help you understand the pains... i hope so

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@cindyvag

So pls dont laugh, but a doctor once told me that if you push on the pain and it goes away, you are NOT having a heart attack... how true this is i dont know but it helps set my mind at ease 🙂 i went to get the allergy and tolerance tests it showed up with gluten so it might help you understand the pains... i hope so

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Well as far as heart attack doctor say my heart is doing great

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I've been quit smoking for about two months thought that might be a cause of it I also was diagnosed with a leaky heart valve with mild regurgitation heart murmur with asthma

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@trellg132

I've been quit smoking for about two months thought that might be a cause of it I also was diagnosed with a leaky heart valve with mild regurgitation heart murmur with asthma

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That would also make sense. I smoked but after my stay in icu for 2 weeks ive stopped smoking one month and doctor actually said most of my pains etc are from nicotine withdrawals not sure though as chest pains happened before icu

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@cindyvag

That would also make sense. I smoked but after my stay in icu for 2 weeks ive stopped smoking one month and doctor actually said most of my pains etc are from nicotine withdrawals not sure though as chest pains happened before icu

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Ok I've had chest issues that's why I quick thought I was having a heart attack but that wasn't the case

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