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Q: Left side chest pain caused by stress?

asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 13th, 2006

I devolped anxiety about 4 months ago, which was caused by my thyroid disease. I am now taking synthroid for my thyroid and Xanax for my anxiety. I have been having chest pain in the left side for about 3 months now on and off. I had a EKG and was hooked up to a heart moniter and they found nothing. I was reading on here and noticed that it could be caused by anxiety stress in the chest muscles. When I push on my ribs it comes back. If it was stress chest mucsles wouldnt they be able too see it on a chest x ray that I had taken?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on January 18th, 2006

Anxiety & Stress Answer A155

An X-ray image can’t help us to explore chest muscle diseases. In your case, an X-ray was used to explore your lungs, heart and the bones of the ribcage.

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