Long term, unexplained chest pain

I know everybody has been saying this over and over but I am so glad I found this. Almost word for word the majority of what has been described is what I've been dealing with. I've seen over 10 doctors and they all send me away and they are getting very annoyed. The attacks are also making me develop anxiety, and all the doctors telling me they are anxiety attacks are making me develop anxiety. It's very frustrating. At least now after finding this I know the 'attacks' won't kill me. I've gotten tons of blood tests, tested for ulcer disease, celiac, pancreatitis, gallbladder problems, ecgs, chest x rays, etc and nothing. All the doctors can tell me is that it's anxiety or that it's just an unexplained chronic pain that I have to live with.

Hi,

I am  47year old male, I have had this kind of pain since I was about 12 years old

I remember lying with a hot water bottle on my chest at 13, then the pain kind of went away from sharp to a dull type. Over the years it came and went especially if i trained hard in the gym, sometimes I got home and had to ly down. when I was about 27years old, i got a sharp pain again for about a week. went to the Doc got the ECG etc... he put me on a treadmiil to get my heart rate up and check if it went back to normal after 5 mins. said I was fine and healthy and it was probably just stress from the job. I pretty much ignored it after that but now I have the constant dull pain again. maybe I will look into this Costochondritis thing. oh also if I jog for about 5 minutes then I have to stop too much pain.

I have postedpprevious about myself however, this one is about my husband. He has had chest pain constant for the past 8 months. We have been to the Doctors multiple times, and have yet to arrive at anything that allows for conserable diagnosis. He is a 35 year old who desnt smoke. We have had EKG's, chest xrays, stress test, and blood work done. So far revealing nothing. Today he went for a pulmonary functions test, next week we have an appointment for a sleep test and are awaiting a contrast CT Scan appointment. Hopefully oneof these tests will reveal the true cause. Our doctor is suggesting that it is Costochondritis as well. however given his family history of heart diease I believe he has a possible aortic aneurysm in his thorasic cavity.  

Hi I'm a 15 year old girl and I have already been diagnosed with

Asthma, chronic migraines, stomach assures, rib cartilage inflammation, extra.

When I was hospitalized yesterday for an asthmatic attack I was given albuleral and my heart rate skyrocketed up over 180 and I started to lose feeling in my hands, arms, feet, legs and a little in me head. After they got fluid I'm me heart rate fell but it left me with this excruciating chest pain on my left side.

I have know idea what happen or what is wrong with me.

Hi all, might as well add my voice to the many of us with mystery illnesses! I am 37 years old and have had chest pains for a couple of weeks now. Moves around a fair bit, started at the top left, then switched to the right, now right and also central (at bottom of rib cage, almost below the rib cage so not sure if it is classed as chest. Had 3 x ecg, chest x-ray and bloods done last Wednesday. Awaiting the bloods but the main ones were tested on the day and came back fine. Since Saturday this has been accompanied by a ringing in my right ear. The pain varies. Can be several short stabs, can be like lightening across the chest and into the back (left side only for that one). I had a funeral for a friend last Friday so I hope that this is stress related but it started wasy before the funeral and has continues now for three days past it.

I am, sadly, beside myself with worry and have no idea what to do. This is horrible. I don't want it to control my life but currently it is, because it refuses to go away. I can only hope that some of you who have posted on here who have been suffering for lomger than me have found a solution to your problems. Guess it is the nature of the interent, but see lots of posts on here about issues, but not many expressing a resolution! Glad this is here though.

Long but I found an answer- I am a young adult male, and have experienced unexplained chest pain for the last 6 months on and off. I have had seen a whole cluster of specialists, including a world renowned cardiologist, lung specialist, osteopath, rhuematologist, spinal doctor, several GP's + numerous diagnoistic tests such as 3x ECG, 3 x Blood Test, Echocardiogram, Chest x-ray, Lung function test, MRI of spine and back. I belive I have the answer hopefully most of you are looking for, as I completely comprehend the pain you are all going through. I will start off my describing my symptons and the progression of these overtime. I woke up one morning October 2015 with a stabbing pain in my chest where my heart is. I was under a hell of a lot of stress at the time and thought it was potentially a heart attack, I was quickly reassured that my heart was fine. The pain sustained on the left side of my chest for 3 months, somedays pain 10/10 and others a 4/10. The pain was a dull achy pain. From Oct- Dec, my pain seemed to move around my upper left torso, somedays the pain would be in my shoulder, my back, my left arm, my right chest, right shoulder. The pain varied in loaction tremendously each day. During this period, I did no physical activity, and hadn't done for since July 2015. All the diagnostic tests came back negative, and no doctor had an answer. I was put on naproxen for 3 weeks in Dec 2015, although I strongly advice against these as they had severe effects on my health and wellbeing. In Jan, I saw a rheumatologist- he suggested that the only way to get rid of the pain, was to work through it, ie exercise big time. I went to see a personal trainer, introduced to stretches and completed this x2 a week for 6 weeks. Also I went swimming x2 a week for 6 weeks. I started using weights in Feb, after building up a lot of lost muscle, and I could feel that this condition had an impact on my joints/muscles- as everytime I went to to the gym I would feel a lot better. Now in March, the pain came back for a couple days over this last weekend, but the answer was again, swim and complete personal training stretching plan. Eat very well. Sleep at least 8 hours a night and make this a routine for your journey back to normality. Now this condition isn't impacting my life anymore, and I am finding I am getting fitter. The exercise + working out completely releives all my pain and this is exactly what I feel will relieve a lot of pain for many of you out there. A musculaskeletal problem can only be resolved in building up the muscle around the affected area I feel, as it worked perfectly for me. Also watch a video of a guy from New Zealand by searching up a youtube video'How to cure Chostochondritis'- and his answer is very applicable. I hope this helps, and I am still going through this routine of exercise and wellbeing, it is working effectively.