What's your PE chest pain/pain in general like?

With my own experience I had no pain whatsoever from the dvt or Pe's that I had. My initial pain that led me to being admitted to hospital in Cyprus was put down to pluerisy which then led to them investigating further and discovering the clots. Coincidentally I have returned to Cyprus in this past week and visited the hospital where I was treated to thank them for all they did and the Doctor who treated me told me that 25% of those who suffer dvt and pe's have no pain at all and tend to be discovered when treated for other problems.

Well I was dx with two large pe's in Feb and also had right heart damage. I still have pain now and it's been almost 5 months. I have bad chest pain if I go up steps, walk longer than 5 mins or do any activity that causes you to move more than a simple walk. Prior to being dx, I wasn't super active, but I was starting to become active. I never was out of breath walking or taking steps. I could walk miles before becoming exhausted. I have to see a cardiologist because there is something wrong with my heart. Ankle swelling, racing heart all day, palpations, chest pain and upper back pain. Not getting better, symptoms are getting worse. Also I never got another CT scan to see if clots desolved or blood work.

I had 4 small clots I had had a little discomfort in my chest but no pain. Only after my diagnosis I had pain

For me I just got more breathless, my chest pain was exactly the same as my angina pain, central crushing / heaviness with pain radiating into left shoulder and arm, sometimes jaw, I occassionally get pain radiating into the back as well but since I was diagnosed with PE's the pain has been dull in the back and more often.

I can't honestly say other than the extreme fatigue and breathlesness if I experienced PE pain at all, my chest pain isn't consistent with the " text book " symptoms even though ED doctors have told me that PE's can cause chest pain . Mine is always , as I said crushing or heaviness, they say PE chest pain is sharp and stabbing, If that is indeed the case I haven't had those kinds of chest pains.

I had shortness of breath, dizy and My PE was in my lung near my heart. couldnt walk had to stop, I was so short on breath. Im not sure but i think my chest was tight.

My PE was in my lung, near my heart,  Its been since May 18, they say the clot has idsolved, but I am still short on brath and coughting alot.

I weant to a pulmory Dr and he said my breahing test are normal but I still hve systoms. mHe is thinking it is because the right side of my heart is still slightly strained.

This has been a nightmare.

Still on Xarelto!

Has anymore else experienced coughting ?

I have had 2 PEs with a diagnosed DVT before the first one. The first time I had excruciating pain, the worst of my life, with both the PE and DVT.  The second time, I had no pain whatsoever, just shortness of breath so it really depends on the PE.

My breathing was fine symptoms I had we’re a terrible cough, vomiting, fast heart rate, flu symptoms I could not get out of bed 

Before my PE was diagnosed 1/18/18, the pain was excruciating underneath my rib cage, all along the flank and into my shoulder. I couldn't take a full breath without a sharp pain. Now, I do get occasional sharp pains in my chest that last a few seconds and are many days apart.

I did have a follow CT scan and the 2 clots are gone & no scar tissue was visible, EKGs & blood work all normal. The breathlessness is now gone and I've been able to walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes (at 2.0 only) without getting out of breath. But, I still have phantom "nerve" pains on the flank side where my clots were located. I think it takes awhile for the body to heal and I'm just a month on the recovery trail.

Take good care, everyone! Be well.

i have a number of shiny new PEs.  

For me I had a stabbing pain that was fairly localized and much worse when I inhaled.   After a few hours the pain went away with shallow breathing and it only hurt to take a deep breath.   But it hurt a lot.

This got a little better each day so I thought I’d feel pretty normal after a week or so.

About three days in I sneezed.   The inhale hurt like hell.   But then the pain went away.   Completely.  I was suddenly able to fill my lungs.

Strange.

My PEs were 3 years ago.  Etiology unknown.  I had had a echocardiogram which showed severe pulmonary edema with right sided heart strain.  This carried on for 5 months undiagnosed.  Until I suggested that some docs thought maybe I had a pulmonary embolism.  I had sternal chest pain, severe shortness of breath, couldn't walk 10 feet, nor climb a flight of steps.  Initially when I climbed 14 steps I had  presyncopy and called 911. Also had a feeling of impending doom which is common with PEs.  I had an angiogram and they were stumped as to what was wrong.  Like I said after 5 months they did a pulmonary CT and found out I had hundreds of emboli and now am on warfarin for life.  Have learnt how to regulate my own doses and get weekly INR.  It certainly has been a steep learning curve.  But am thankful for the diagnosis and that this doc listened to me and didn't again tell me again that it was anxiety.