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What Causes Severe Pain In The Chest And Shortness Of Breath?

For awhile now, possibly 3 or 4 years, I have had pretty severe heart or chest pain. I can t really pick out which it is. It can happen when I m laying in bed or doing some kind of physical activity either one, but when it does happen, the pain brings me to my knees and is the worst pain I have ever felt. It brings tears to my eyes. I wouldn t say it happens every single day, but I would say it happens at least 4 to 5 times a week at the most. This pain expectedly affects me a lot while I shower as well. If I stand up in the shower for more than 3 or 4 minutes, I lose my breath and my chest starts to hurt very badly, so I have to sit down in the shower the majority of it. Another time it expectedly affects me is if I drink a sun drop or Mountain Dew or something with possibly a lot of citrus in it. Most of the other times my chest affects me, it is just random and happens at any time. I don t quite know how to explain it, but it s a very sharp pain almost like someone is pinching my veins with very sharp nails or piercing my skin inside of there and causes so much pain to me. I have also experienced quite a bit of heartburn as well, I don t know if this has anything to do with the other pains or not. I am an 18 year old female and my parents do not want to believe that something is wrong with me and keep telling me it s nothing, not to worry about it. But in my opinion, something that hurts me this badly and brings tears to my eyes and brings me to my knees, isn t something serious. I really hope someone can t help me out! Thanks in advance!
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Hello,

I will say you have to do some test and meanwhile I will say you some tips.

First, the tests should include:
1. ECG
2. Chest X-Ray.

Meanwhile, this tips should be maintained:
1. No spicy food and no oily food
2. No alcohol or smoking, if you do so
3. Take PPI before the meal or antacid after the meal.

I cannot prescribe medicine here in this section nor I should prescribe anything without seeing your ECG report or Chest X-Ray.

Please these reports may give some clue what is going on and yes, you should not neglect these and should also not worry about this. Try to make your parents understand to take the matter seriously and show them this answer, at least they can understand a doctor told this.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Dipan Samanta, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Severe Pain In The Chest And Shortness Of Breath?

Hello, I will say you have to do some test and meanwhile I will say you some tips. First, the tests should include: 1. ECG 2. Chest X-Ray. Meanwhile, this tips should be maintained: 1. No spicy food and no oily food 2. No alcohol or smoking, if you do so 3. Take PPI before the meal or antacid after the meal. I cannot prescribe medicine here in this section nor I should prescribe anything without seeing your ECG report or Chest X-Ray. Please these reports may give some clue what is going on and yes, you should not neglect these and should also not worry about this. Try to make your parents understand to take the matter seriously and show them this answer, at least they can understand a doctor told this. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Dipan Samanta, General & Family Physician