Any similar rare cases ?!
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Could chest pain in AS be as severity as heart attack ?!
continuos chest pain is mush more tragic than back pain .
Of cuorse back pain is hard but when the pain starts in chest it decreases in back .
Please tell me how much that pain can be sharp ?
It is incredible like a sustained chest angina !
I don not take any meds because of stomach problems , i think nsaids couldnot treat my tragic pain .
Heart tests are normal , i used to go to the doctor imergensly thinking that is an angina !
Any similar storie?
Any suggestions?
Any method to pain relief?
Any help ?!
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trevorc3 dr-haidar
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I was lucky in as much as my brother had suffered before me and I knew his chest expansion had become very small so he could not take deep breaths. I did not want this to happen to me so when I got the chest pains I would take deep breaths and force my lungs to expand. This was quite painful but I think it helped to shorten the length of time the pains lasted and it definitely helped to retain decent chest expansion.
Good luck with it . It does get better with time.
kay72736 dr-haidar
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dr-haidar
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Thanks all ;
The broplem is that AS don't move from my chest instead of being in my back .
It realy keeps me awake from one hour after waking up until i sleep , i'd like to keep sleeping .
Deep breathes didn't help me .
One way can help me reduce the pain is to lay in my chest , by taht way my wieght becomes on my chest so i keep laying over time! you see it is a lonely solve but non perfect.
dr-haidar
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Thanks all ;
The broplem is that AS don't move from my chest instead of being in my back .
It realy keeps me awake from one hour after waking up until i sleep , i'd like to keep sleeping .
Deep breathes didn't help me .
One way can help me reduce the pain is to lay in my chest , by taht way my wieght becomes on my chest so i keep laying over time! you see it is a lonely solve but non perfect.
gloria55119 dr-haidar
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nigel66012 gloria55119
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A quick add on gloria's post (a hot water bottle can help the same)
?all the best.
gloria55119 nigel66012
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dr-haidar gloria55119
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I will try this hope it eradicate my suffering .
gloria55119 dr-haidar
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Just a thought to add to all the others....do be careful about chest pain. I actually did have a heart attack two years ago...I check my blood pressure every day as it is often elevated due to an enlarged heart. I went to hospital when it rose to 177/100 that rang alarm bells for me, being as I'm a nurse. So off I went to the local hospital. They checked it and it had gone to 220/100...still had the chest pains and they said it was definately a mild heart attack...so to be really sure..take your blood pressure every day if you can...If the BP is normal...it is likely to be radiated pain from your back...AS is a bit like parts in an old car...it seems that one small thing is wrong and all the other parts react..lol