Here is the back ground on this. When I
was a little girl, around 6 yrs old, I had
a pain in my chest. My mother did not and
would not take me to have this checked
out. The pain started suddenly, and only
hurt when I would inhale or exhale
normally. I sat for a long time doing
rapid shallow breathing. Each time I would
try to take a normal breath I would feel
the pain. I don't know what made me do it,
but I finally took a very deep breath and
exhaled until I could not force any more
air from my lungs, I felt a "pop" in my
chest, heart, or muscles around the heart,
then the pain went away. I have had these
attacks pretty much my whole life. I have
gone to the hospital a few times for it,
but I still have no answer for this. I am
almost 38 yrs old now and these attacks
are happening more frequently. And my 17
yr old son just called me (lives with his
father in another town) and told me he is
having the same thing happening to him. I
would love to find out this is so that he
and I can find help in stopping this. Does
ANYONE know what this is??
Could you tell me what medical
investigations you have requested and
completed at this point?
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Birch
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Posted: 04-07-08 10:33am
I have had the exact same problem for
years.
I have had testing due to other issues and
my heart is fine. I always thought it was
a muscular thing. I usually get it when I
am laying down.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 04-07-08 10:39am
You can try going to a chiropractor...that
might be an easy fix for the problem.
Since it has to do with the contractions
of your lungs and not the beating of your
heart, I think it might be your rib cage
more than anything else.
