For the past three months I have had a constant pressure on my chest. The doctors have done an extensive workup on me, and they found I have a very slight mvp. They ruled this was not the cause of my pain, however. Recently I started having sharp pains in either side of my chest, not caused by activity. I also get left arm numbness. I just started birth control and the pain is more frequent. Can anything bad happen from taking the birth control? I am scared of a sudden death.