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Q: Chest and jaw pain
asked by: Lbush88 on February 25th, 2009
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I am a 20 year old female who is in good health. I am 5 foot 8 inches and 125 lbs. For the past year, I have experienced chest pain that I can only describe as pressure or tightness that hurts. I also always have pain in my right jaw. The pain in my chest is right in between my breasts. Whenever I have chest pain I always have jaw pain with it. I never have one without the other. It happens about once or twice a month. I have discovered a trend or pattern when I have this pain. I always have it in early evening and last until I go to bed which is a time span of about 2-3 hours. The next morning I never have pain. When this pain starts I am usually sitting on the couch just watching tv.
I went to a doctor to get checked out. I did not go to an emergency room just a walk in clinic. I went in about 2 weeks after my episode and they took x-rays of my chest, ECG, pulmonary test, and cholestorol test. Everything came back normal except my cholesterol which was a total of 212. They told me to stop smoking and slow my caffiene intake. I completely eliminated caffiene from my daily life and I have drastically slowed down from one pack of ciggarettes a day to about 7-10 cigarettes a day. Even with these changes I am still experiencing the pain. Is there a more serious underlying problem and I need a second opinion? Please help me because this is worrying me. Any advice will help.

Thank you for your time,
Lauren
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michianderson
replied on February 25th, 2009
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Do you have a family history of heart disease? Does the pain come after you eat? Have you tried a pill for acid reflux?
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Lbush88
replied on February 25th, 2009
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No heart disease that I know of. My father had an aneurysm and mom has had a stroke. I thought it was indigestion before so I took tums and it had no effect.
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andyf
replied on July 3rd, 2009
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Chest and Jaw Pain
Have you had your wisdom teeth removed? Have you been to a dentist and had x-rays done? Nerves in your jaw can cause radiating pain, even to your chest. If you have wisdom teeth coming in, they could be causing damage to your back teeth and putting pressure on the nerves. If you have untreated cavities, the same can occur. I know it sounds unbelievable, but it's not unheard of. If your heart and chest checked out ok in your doctor's visit, I would see a dentist. Whatever you do, don't give up until you have an answer.
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Markbct
replied on September 13th, 2009
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Jaw & Chest pain
I too have the exact same symtoms same as lbush88. I do have to see a dentist because of a broken tooth, but I have had these symtoms before the broken tooth about 15 years ago after I Was laid before Christmas new house two small kids so I always thought it was stress related Back then I went for a stress test and had no problems. I will post back after I see a dentist.
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