What can cause a sharp pain either in my chest or right below it?

Thank you for responding. I could look into Pepcid, I don’t really know what that does. I haven’t really been eating ultra processed foods, but I could try and limit clementines. I thought about tracking my sleep with a watch, but I’m not sure what all that’ll tell me. I had X-rays done this week, and I was hoping if there’s a problem it would show up on the X-ray, but I don’t know if it will. I’ve been feeling this way off and on for several months though, and sometimes I’ll feel better physically and don’t really feel a sharp pain, but I feel like I’m not going into a deep sleep when I’m dreaming. I’ve also been stressed too, and that doesn’t help anything.

Thank you for responding. If it’s alright to ask, do you have a sharp pain near or under your chest? I don’t really think I have painful gas though.

Yes, the change is your gas traveling through your intestines.

Do you mean the change of it going from my front side to back side, and like it’s radiating?

Another thing I didn’t add in my post, is sometimes I feel like there’s pressure near my ribs/or on my ribs on both sides. I don’t know if they’re sore from exercising and if it only happens after doing an exercise, or if it happens even not after exercising.

Yes, and sometimes the gas gets stuck along with the poop. I don’t know if this is what you have, but it is a good guess!

Don’t exercise for a couple of days and see if you feel it. I did the same thing and found it wasn’t exercise.

Pepcid and omeprazole both reduce the production of stomach acid, omeprazole much more so than Pepcid, which is an older generation drug. They both come in two week packages, with warnings not to take beyond those two weeks without seeing a doctor. If you try them and see relief, then that would point toward reflux as causing, or at least contributing, to your problems. If they don't do anything, then you probably need to look elsewhere (unless you have laryngopharyngeal reflux, also known as silent reflux. But the symptoms for that usually are hoarseness, shortness of breath, postnasal drip, ears/balance being off. You could ask about hiatal hernia. Sliding hernias may not show up on an x-ray if they have slid into place at the time of the test. When they slide into the chest cavity it causes chest pain. Someone else brought up gas as a possibility. You could try the low FODMAP diet for two weeks and see if that improves anything.

The liver is under the chest. I would think a PCP would start with a full blood panel and full metabolic panel to see if that gives clues. Common cardiac tests are EKG, echocardiogram, stress test.

There are probably half a dozen likely possibilities to run down. If you feel stressed try breathing exercises or meditation and see if that makes a difference. Do you use white noise while sleeping? I leave the TV on for the noise background but wear an eye mask to avoid the light. If you don't do anything like that give it a try, you can get white noise on free apps. Again it might help you get more info while awaiting an appointment with doctor. The other thing is to post in the heart section of Mayo Connects.

Could gas cause chest pain too, or pain/fullness below my chest? It’d be kind of relieving if it is gas and not something worse

Yes it could, but check with your doctor.