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Chest and back pain for days

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helem72521
helem72521

Hello all, i have been to the doctors twice with this, but even though they say my pain is unusual, they can't help me and I am hoping someone here can enlighten me. I am a 38 old female, with mild asthma but generally healthy. There is a history of heart disease in young men in my father's family.

So I woke one morning about a week ago with what felt like muscular pain on my back. I thought I must have slept wrong, but after a couple of hours the pain was felt on my chest too. It was exactly the same kind of pain in both places, deep and muscular and sometimes sharp. I called 111 for advice and they suggested I make an urgent appointment with my GP, which I did. She heard my heart, took blood pressure, heart rate and temperature, it was all fine and she suggested that it is muscle pain even though the fact that it radiates to both chest and back is unusual.

I did an xray and it showed that my heart and lungs are clear.

The whole week i continued to feel this pain. It gets better during the day but it wakes me up during the night. When I lower my chin i can feel it more intensely. It is as if something triggers it at night as in the morning it still feels painful. I tried changing bed and pillows but nothing helped. 

I made another appointment with another GP who said that as the xray is clear it must be muscular strain  or chostochindritis and to wait until it goes away on its own. Today it is worse than ever, i even struggled to shower as lifting my hand is painful. There is a dull pain in all my upper back and i get sharp pains in my left chest area. 

Anyone has any ideas what this could be?

Thank you

Helen

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  • moon53540
    moon53540 helem72521

    Posted

    Do you have palpitations or any changes in your breathing?
    • moon53540
      moon53540 helem72521

      Posted

      Explain to your doctor that you have a history of heart conditions in your family and ask if it is possible to have an ECG and echocardiogram. If you start getting breathing problems and palpitations ask if you can have a d-dimer blood test. 
  • DoctorMark
    DoctorMark helem72521

    Posted

    Hello.

    I will state right from the start that the way you describe your pain, it does not sound like a cardiac issue. The pain may very well be muscles. Have you been doing any strenuous exercise or anything recently? Perhaps a new job or new exercise regime? A bit embarrassing I know but I once had a patient who had similar pains because he had a new partner, I eventually managed to discover his new sex life was the cause. You're still young so I doubt this but it could also be an early onset of arthritis.

    • helem72521
      helem72521 DoctorMark

      Posted

      Thank you for your response, it feels muscular indeed. I cannot think of any habbits i changed, other than sleeping on my right side for a few days after the removal of a left wisdom tooth. It gets a bit better in the day but it wakes me up in agonising pain at night and I struggle to turn, move and even get up. It is going on its 10th day now and worsening and Im trying to figure out if and how it is my sleeping posture. 

      Thank you again for taking the time to respond smile

  • moon53540
    moon53540 helem72521

    Posted

    Is the pain any better yet?
    • helem72521
      helem72521 moon53540

      Posted

      I have not onserved any impact of eating in the pain. The main thing that impacts it is sleeping. Although it gets a lot better diring the day, the night i wake up in pain and unable to move
    • moon53540
      moon53540 helem72521

      Posted

      Is it possible you could have sleep apnea? Do you snore? Do you sometimes wake up not able to breathe?
  • moon53540
    moon53540 helem72521

    Posted

    Hi I was just wondering how you were? Do you still have chest pains?
    • helem72521
      helem72521 moon53540

      Posted

      Hello and apologies for the late response. yes, the pain subsided gradually so i assume it was muscular after all. it was just strange it was in the back and chest at the same time. i still feel it slightly when i lower my chin, but it doesnt bother me anymore.

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