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What Causes Pain In Right Side Of Chest?
Hi, I m 34 year old and my height is 5.7 feet. Since last one month I was observing mild pain in right side of my chest, sporadically. For last 15 days, I m also having same kind of pain right side of Chest, again not throughout the day. People are saying, it s due to gas, kindly advise
Mon, 3 Nov 2014
Hi,
Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.
Gastroesophageal reflux is the most common cause of esophageal chest pain.Esophageal pain is usually experienced as a pressure type sensation in the mid chest, radiating to the mid back, arms, or jaws. The similarity to cardiac pain is likely because the two organs share a nerve plexus and the nerve endings in the esophageal wall have poor discriminative ability among stimuli.
Hence sporadic pain on your right side of chest is unlikely to be due to abdominal cause like gas.
Sporadic chest pain right side can be caused by a pinched nerve in the spine or a pulled muscle in your back.
Sporadic chest pain right side can also be a result of an increase of stress in your life. Your body will start to contract its chest muscles as you start to worry more, and it is almost like a panic attack. Muscle spasms can go along with these pains as well, and can generally be treated with a muscle relaxant.
Regards
Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D.
Mumbai
Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.
Gastroesophageal reflux is the most common cause of esophageal chest pain.Esophageal pain is usually experienced as a pressure type sensation in the mid chest, radiating to the mid back, arms, or jaws. The similarity to cardiac pain is likely because the two organs share a nerve plexus and the nerve endings in the esophageal wall have poor discriminative ability among stimuli.
Hence sporadic pain on your right side of chest is unlikely to be due to abdominal cause like gas.
Sporadic chest pain right side can be caused by a pinched nerve in the spine or a pulled muscle in your back.
Sporadic chest pain right side can also be a result of an increase of stress in your life. Your body will start to contract its chest muscles as you start to worry more, and it is almost like a panic attack. Muscle spasms can go along with these pains as well, and can generally be treated with a muscle relaxant.
Regards
Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D.
Mumbai
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