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26 yo male with strange chest pain

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papas
papas

I am a 26yo male. Normal weight, non-smoker, I only drink a beer/week. I follow a balanced diet, no sodas, cokes, takeaways etc... I also go running but not (less than 10 km/week). I used to be a little overweight and I was in a diet+exercise regime for the last 6 months, and I saw some very good results. My body weight has gone from over 85 to around 70 (which is normal for a 1.74m male) and I also managed to build some muscle through weight training (no anabolics/proteins/supplements or anything).

The last 2 weeks however I have developed some strange syptoms.

I have a persistant chest pain mainly in the upper right part of my chest, but some times I also feel it on the left and on the upper sternum. The pain itself is not much, I would describe it more as a dull ache (pain level 1-2/10). That means that I can generally feel it, but it's not strong enough to be considered debilitating, only slightly discomforting. Some days I may feel a very slight discomfort swallowing but this is probably psychological. I have no cough or anything like this.

 

The pain is generally is non-existant in the morning and progressively gets worse through the day (never exceeding 2/10). It does not increase with aerobic exercise, and it decreases after I do a couple of pull-ups or push-ups. I cannot locate any point in my chest muscles that feels painful to the touch or pressing. I also don't have any fever/sweating etc. I have stopped doing weight training and running for the last 2 weeks but the pain is more or less unchanged. Due to my being a student my averege day includes much sitting in front of a PC.

I weigh myself daily (a habit I got during my recent diet) and I generally eat what I want now (avg. 2100-2200 kcals per day) just not huge portions and no takeaways/cokes etc... When I stopped "dieting" my weight was around 71kg. Today (1 month after the diet stop and 2 weeks without any cardio) it was around 68.5kg. I don't know what to make of the recent weight loss... maybe it's normal.  

I've had an ECG done 5 years ago and it didn't show any heart defects. My blood tests (earlier this year) were also in the normal ranges. Last time I had a chest X-ray was around 3 years ago but it was clean. We don't have any serious disease history in my family, exept my grandfather that died of lung cancer 20years ago, but he was a very heavy smoker for all his life...

I have been reading the internet the last 2 weeks and as you imagine, I am convinced I have at least 1000 different kinds of terminal diseases :P

I would like however to visit a doctor if the pain persists and maybe have some tests done just in case. What doctor specialty would you recomend with such symptoms?  

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  • jay7196
    jay7196 papas

    Posted

    Hi. One cause could be posture, sitting at the comp. The weight loss is probably normal as you are eating sensibly now. I would get an x-ray to clear up any worries you have, Good luck and stop imagining dire diseases -  
  • Mukul
    Mukul papas

    Posted

    I have exactly similar condition as described by you, constant pain in right upper side of chest . Its not as terrible but quite discomforting. Have scheduled an appointment with doctor but am bit scared having browsed thru the internet. I have also been a smoker fpr 8-10 yrs. From whatever I browsed thru internet, i found few stuff which resembles our problem...

    pulmonary embolism(blood clot in lungs) , costochondritis , pinched nerve , pleuracy and finally pancoast tumor. I just hope its not pancoast for me as I dont have any other symptoms like cough or shortness of breath or Horner syndrome. Just keeping my fingers crossed but honestly I feel its something serious.

    • papas
      papas Mukul

      Posted

      Yes, I found the same stuff on the net, but I think that if it was cancer or anything like that there would be other symptoms as well. I wish you best of luck!
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