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Lower chest pain/pressure (sternum) that radiates up to right side of neck to behind/below ear

Brooks
11/11/08

When laying on left side sometimes feel a heavy pressure that turns into pain in lower center chest - under sternum.  Feels like a huge air bubble that wants to explode -- pain/pressure will wake me from sleep.  The pressure/pain radiates up through the center of my chest and detours to the right side of my neck ending just behind my right ear.  The pressure eases a few minutes after I change position.  Is this indigestion? or could it be a precurser to a heart attack?

 

I am female and 52 years old.

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Nikkia
Saturday, November 22, 2008

I have the same kind of feeling of pressure  right in the middle of my sterum. It feels like something is pushing out, or maybe I have to burp but can't. Mostly I have to move around then I will feel it, like if I lean forward it hits me like gas pressure or something. I went to the ER the first time it happen...it's not painful it's just lots of pressure that can be painful depending on how hard it hits me. But when I went the ER they couldn't really find anything wrong. My heart was fine!! which is what I was WORRIED about. They ruled it to be Muscular, but why now? I don't do anything different then usual. I hope they know what they are talking about, because i'm thinking if it was muscular it would have gone away by now you'd think. That was 3 months ago. I am only 29.

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lela
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 08:58 PM

Hi,

 

I am a 34 year old male that had the same chest pains this week. Right below the sternum. It was a tight pressure and occasional stabbing pain that lasted around 20 hours. DR could find nothing wrong. Did you ever have yours diagnosed?

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videowatcher51
Sunday, February 22, 2009

I had a very similar thing happen to me last night.  I was on my left side, and I could feel the blood really circulating.  It concerned me, but I still layed there.  Then I started to feel alot of pressure, so I turned onto my back.  I'm going to the doctor to get it checked.  A year ago, I got a pain in my heart while sleeping on my left side, and went to the er.  They said I was ok.  I'm a 51 female.  Maybe we can stay in touch.  my email is doglover894@yahoo.com

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