chest pains
I get these chest pains on my left side. It really bothers me. I start to obsess about it and then start to think the worse like I am going to have a heart attack. I went to the doctor and they ran an ekg and a chest xray and say that it is a muscle and that it is also my anxiety. I am sure it is but it just scares me so. I just try to give myself self talk and tell myself that I am ok.
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I have had alot of chest pain and pain that starts like under my left arm and comes around to my left breast. It really scares me also. I did have the tests, EKG, stress test, etc. The doctor diagnosed me with costochrondritis. I was put on an antiinflammatory medication which helps and I also use an ice pack. I understand about how scarey it is. I was thinking all kinds of scarey thoughts.
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It may very well be costochondritis, which is an inflammation of the junctions where the upper ribs join with the cartilage that holds them to the breastbone or sternum. The condition causes localized chest pain that you can reproduce by pushing on the cartilage in the front of your ribcage. Costochondritis is a relatively harmless condition and usually goes away without treatment. The cause is usually unknown.
I get this and and off since 2006. Since my father passed away @ 77 four months after a heart attack, I had been fearful whenever I got the chest pain, it was a heart attack. I have cardio exams since late 2005 (a year later is when the pain became more frequent), including a nuclear stress test almost a year ago. A nuc stress test is considered the best way to examine the heart. This test and all the others were negative. In fact when the cardiologist looked at the nuc test, he said my heart is the healthiest he has seen in 2 years .
Here are some links on it
<A HREF="http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/spra...chondritis.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/spra... ... tis.htm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.emedicinehealth.com/costo...article_em.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.emedicinehealth.com/costo... ... _em.htm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.answers.com/topic/tietze-...rome#copyright" TARGET=_blank>http://www.answers.com/topic/tietze-... ... pyright</A>
I get this and and off since 2006. Since my father passed away @ 77 four months after a heart attack, I had been fearful whenever I got the chest pain, it was a heart attack. I have cardio exams since late 2005 (a year later is when the pain became more frequent), including a nuclear stress test almost a year ago. A nuc stress test is considered the best way to examine the heart. This test and all the others were negative. In fact when the cardiologist looked at the nuc test, he said my heart is the healthiest he has seen in 2 years .
Here are some links on it
<A HREF="http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/spra...chondritis.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/spra... ... tis.htm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.emedicinehealth.com/costo...article_em.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.emedicinehealth.com/costo... ... _em.htm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.answers.com/topic/tietze-...rome#copyright" TARGET=_blank>http://www.answers.com/topic/tietze-... ... pyright</A>