Tightness chest upper back
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Hello,
I am 32 years old (6 feet, 208 pounds) and I have been experiencing upper chest / throat tightness & lightheadedness every day since 12/15/10 ... Driving me crazy. I can breathe normally. I've never had a fever, no aches, no pains, no injuries. I have had 2 EKG's, a brain MRI/MRA, a brain CT scan, chest xray, blood tests, stress test, thyroid test, & my blood pressure checked on the regular. All of these tests came back OK.
For over two months, about 20 minutes after eating just about anything, I have been having chest tightness above my sternum and upper back/neck pain/burning between my shoulders and down my spine to a point on my spine directly behind my upper sternum where I feel the chest tightness. Have had an upper endoscopy which found a small hiatial hernia and minor esophagus erosion on/near my LES, but nothing that should be causing this pain.
In fact this morning when I woke up I had upper back pain and the chest tightness/small pressure feeling. I also get these annoying stabbing pains on the left side of my chest once in while. I really get more left shoulder pains than arm pains and sometimes I get this weird head pains/feelings that are like stabbing or like I'm going to pass out. I too have been to the Doctor and said everything is fines but yeah they are REALLY ANNOYING.
I also notice that I have a painful tugging feeling when I try to look down in the same area of my upper back. Last night in my sleep I woke up with a chest pain right in my breastbone area. It felt like a heavy burning tingling burning pain. I just rolled over onto my chest with my arms tucked in under my chest and waited it for it to pass. This morning when I woke up I felt very tired and my muscles in my arms felt weak. Anyone that can help me with this?
I have had difficulty with tightness in chest, shortness of breath, occasionaly sharp pains in the upper part of my lung, and some digestive problems for about 1 year. My doctor thought it was GERD. I had a barium swallow done and an ultrasoun and breathing test. All negative. I was put on Priolsec a two different times, and nothing has changed. What might this be??
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Hi, I'm in need of some help figuring out a set of symptoms that have been evolving over the last 3 years.
3 months back, while eating a meal, I accidentally suppressed a burp. Ever since I have been having these symptoms:
> Constant tightness and Pain in chest..heavy weight on chest
> Headache all the time.. more after eating
> Pain in upper back.. poking pain in shoulder blades..
> Constant Pain in left side of abdomen upper side.. gets worse on eating .
> Bloating .. fullness
> Acidity.. 4-5..
Your best remedy is to exercise your chest cavity. Pulling your shoulders back . As far back as you can reach them. Or standing with your back against a pole and wrapping your arms around the pole behind you. Stretching your arms up. And pushing your elbows back as far behind your back.
Normally after a bout of Pnuemonia, it can take several months to gain your strength back again. Making sure you eat well and taking some extra supplements will help too.
Besides all that.
Hello,
I have been suffering from tight chest and pressure in the head for the last 10 years.
I get this tightness and pressure immediately after eating or drinking anything. Because it has been happening for so many years, I have the pain for all most 24/7/365.
My heart was tested but cardiac problems were ruled out.
Food allergy tests were also negative.
GI thinks that I have acid reflux. I recently had upper endoscopy and everything looked ok. I am still waiting for biopsy results.
I CANNOT INHALE OR EXHALE PROPERLY/severe tightness from my Chest to down my upper abdomen around rib cage tightness and goes to my back and spine. Dizziness and sometimes feel faint. Symptoms are all day and night. They only get worse. I cannot do my normal activities due to this. Will be trying a bronchilador that pulmonologist gave me but he is not sure this is asthma. I don’t wheeze and my oxygen doesn’t drop.
Soon after pain, I started to feel tightness in my chest. It is difficult to explain the tightness. It is not tightness caused by congestion. If feels like my chest is heavy or the muscles are laboring more to suck air into my lungs.
Today the pain in the back feels more like a burning sensation. It also seems like my face is a little swollen.
Any thoughts and help will be appreciated...
I am 28 y.o male and have had chest tightness for over a week. I am generally healthy, BMI 22 and was running 3 times per week before the chest tightness started. Heart rate is around 50 bpm. Blood pressure a bit high on visit to doctors, 130/78.
It feels like someone is sat on my chest. Throughout the day it varies in severity because doing activities serves as a distraction, but underlyingy it is always there.
I have seen two doctors and been told there is no issue.
There were signs of reflux, and I was put on Protonix. I continue to have shortness of breath, and tightness in my chest and right below my rib cage where my stomach is. I have been concerned about a Hiatal Hernia, because i get extreme belcing, reflux, and somtimes pain there. Could this still be a possibility even though they havent seen it yet?
About a week after the operation and when my throat was almost fully recovered, I had gone back to school and was leading a normal, chest tightness free life until the next day. My chest slowly began to feel as though the weight was coming back onto it and i was getting more and more worried because I dont like having that tightness. So, that tightness hasnt gone away since that week after my operation. I have visited so many doctors and specialists.
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