Sharp pain chest taking deep breath
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ve been having a sharp pain in my chest if I try to take a deep breath. It stops me from taking that breath because the pain is so unbearable. For the past week there has been this flaming pain on the right side of my back between my spine & shoulder blade. It hurts to make sudden moves or breath in deeply.
I'm only 21 years of age. & I'm scared.
Pleuritis and Pulmonary embolism are other possibilities causing shortness of breath with chest pain and referred pain to left shoulder. A CT scan of the chest can rule out both.
Chances are that you could be having gastro esophageal reflux (GERD), where the food in your stomach is thrown up into your food pipe or esophagus. This also causes burning sensation or discomfort in the chest area.
Pleuritis and Pulmonary embolism are other possibilities causing shortness of breath with chest pain. A CT scan of the chest can rule out both. Another possibility that can explain the pain is pericarditis. It causes chest pain aggravated by laughing yawning and deep breathing and also causes radiation of pain to arms. Again an EKG, heat echo and chest X-ray is required.
The inflammation around the joint area gives sharp pain on taking a breath. This can also cause tenderness on pressing the area which pains. An orthopedic doctor can diagnose this for you. Generally there is no cause. However it can be due to infection, blow, injury, or fibromyalgia. It usually goes away on its own. Otherwise it can be treated with muscle relaxants, and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs.
The inflammation around the joint area gives sharp pain on taking a breath. This can also cause tenderness on pressing the area which pains. An orthopedic doctor can diagnose this for you. Generally there is no cause. However it can be due to infection, blow, injury, or fibromyalgia. It usually goes away on its own. Otherwise it can be treated with muscle relaxants, and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs. It can also be muscle pull. Shingles can also start this way.
The inflammation around the joint area gives sharp pain on taking a breath. This can also cause tenderness on pressing the area which pains. An orthopedic doctor can diagnose this for you. Generally there is no cause. However it can be due to infection, blow, injury, or fibromyalgia. It usually goes away on its own. Otherwise it can be treated with muscle relaxants, and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted.
The inflammation around the joint area gives sharp pain on taking a breath. This can also cause tenderness on pressing the area which pains. An orthopedic doctor can diagnose this for you. Pleuritis and Pulmonary embolism are other possibilities causing shortness of breath with chest pain. A CT scan of the chest can rule out both.
Chances are that you have esophageal reflux (GERD), where the food in your stomach is thrown up into your food pipe or esophagus.
The inflammation around the joint area gives sharp pain on taking a breath. This can also cause tenderness on pressing the area which pains. An orthopedic doctor can diagnose this for you. Generally there is no cause. However it can be due to infection, blow, injury, or fibromyalgia. It usually goes away on its own. Otherwise it can be treated with muscle relaxants, and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs. It can also be muscle pull. Shingles can also start this way.
The inflammation around the joint area gives sharp pain on taking a breath. This can also cause tenderness on pressing the area which pains. An orthopedic doctor can diagnose this for you. Generally there is no cause. However it can be due to infection, blow, injury, or fibromyalgia. It usually goes away on its own. Otherwise it can be treated with muscle relaxants, and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs. It can also be muscle pull. Shingles can also start this way.
If the chest pain is aggravated by laughing yawning, moving in certain directions, stretching and deep breathing, then it goes more in favor of costochondritis, which causes pain and tenderness at points where your ribs attach to your breastbone. The inflammation around the joint area gives sharp pain on taking a breath. This can also cause tenderness on pressing the area which pains. An orthopedic doctor can diagnose this for you. Generally there is no cause.
It has happened multiple times where its just a sharp pain when I take a deep breath. Today it has happened throughout the day and I don't remember it lasting this long before. I don't know what it is, can someone relate? I'm not sick, not aware of infections. I do have allergies/sinus problems if that contributes?
Usually taking a deep breath pain is not a heart issue, however, the exception would be complications of pericarditis including constrictive pericarditis and pericardial effusion. For some insight there is a sac that surrounds the heart and in between the sac and heart muscle there exists some fluids that aids the heart's functionality and complications include inflammation (pericarditis) with pericardial effusion.
I have pain in my left arm and shoulder with numbness, and pain in my right arm. The chest pain is still the same. I have pain in my jaw, back, neck, and upper ribs. I also get tingling in my fingers on my right hand. I don't know if these are signs of a heart attack or the symptoms of what my doctor still thinks it is Costochondritis?
The pain is sharp and worsens when taking a deep breath which is often due to involvement of pleuracausing pleuritic chest pain. You are 23 years of age and not constantly immobile due to your profession, hence chances of this chest pain being due to pulmonary embolism are less. However you can consult a physician and get it examined. Pulmonary angiogram is the best test for pulmonary embolism.
I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
I can reproduce the pain by taking a deep breath and tightening the muscles in my chest. Also hurts during random times during the day. it feels like really sharp pain, almost like someone is slideing a knife through my ribs. Also hurts sometimes when i lift my arms. I have seen a doctor and have done pulamary function tests, ekg's, and chest x-rays; all of which came back normal. Was perscribed ibeprofen, which did not help. I was finally dignosed with being out of shape!
ve started to get a mild shortness of breath, that only seems bad when I actually focus on it mentally. The chest pain is sharp and at the right side of my chest, *above* my ribcage, and just above and to the side of my nipple. I guess you can say it's at my upper sternum. I'm also somewhat stopped up in the nose. The pain only hits when I move around, or smoke cigarettes.
One night I had sharp pain that hurt very badly when I breathed (causing shortness of breath) in the left breast area that kept me up for about 20 minutes. I went to the doctor a few days later and she performed an EKG, D-Dimer, and cholesterol check with lipids. I told her I'd been sick a few weeks before with a lot of congestion, mostly in the throat that caused thick mucus when I coughed.
s because I took a deep breath and that happened or if the breath just made it worsen.
I'm not sure if the pain is in my abdomen.It's somewhere below my right ribs.The sharp pain would just come & go. And the pain worsens when I try to take a deep breath. I usually hold onto the area where the pain is & wait till it disappears. I've been having it for quite awhile.Any idea what this means or is it like something normal?
Thanks.
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