sharp stabbing pain left side of breast hurts to take deep breaths

thanks, I did go to the er that night, they did an ekg. I reviewed the signs of heart attack, thanks. Obviously not what I wanted to hear, who does, I am seeing my Dr. on another matter I will tell him what happened. Thanks again.

sps

thanks, I did go to the er that night, they did an ekg. I reviewed the signs of heart attack, thanks. Obviously not what I wanted to hear, who does, I am seeing my Dr. on another matter I will tell him what happened. Thanks again.

sps

Hi I meant to write you a few weeks ago, so much going on. Ok the good news for me, and it may be for you also. I have Costochrondritis, I may of spelled it wrong, it has to do with your ribs and your breast plate where they meet and cartiledge like pulling away. Please go to webmd and read about it. You have no idea how relieved I am. It happens when you have had a trauma to the chest, in my case I fell on it hard in a skating accident, and or an infection you may of had as a kid or young adult. I will tell you I have had this before, for just a few minutes up to 5 or 10 at the most, before falling on my skates,  maybe once a year or so. I never knew what it was and I was so happy when it stopped. I would completely forget I had it till this last time when it got sooo bad, I ended up in the ER. It is not serious, you treat it with Advil or Motrin or maybe even Aleve. My dr. once he heard the symptoms, he went right to the 3 places it hurt  on my left breast, on my left side of the breast, it all made total sense to me. You don't want to do a lot of heavy lifting or moving which I do a lot of the time, because no one is usually around when I want it done, I am a do it yourself-er. When you have time let me know if this info helped you or anyone reading this. sps

hi i have been reading about this. im only 14 years old and its happeing to me! happend to me a couple of times and today at school it happend during math its pain and its hard to take deep breaths im scared i dont know how to tell my parents i really hate surgery and needles and stuff like that so if i do go to the doctors what do they do to you?? pleasee reply (:

Hi....I am in hopes that you have already gone to your parents about this.  I understand the dislike of hospitals, surgery and needles!  However, better to go to the dr. right now than to have more severe issues in the future that may land you in the hospital.  It may be something minor but you really don't want to take the chance of something serious that gets overlooked.  I would want my child to come to me and better to be honest and up front about it....

Hi....I am in hopes that you have already gone to your parents about this.  I understand the dislike of hospitals, surgery and needles!  However, better to go to the dr. right now than to have more severe issues in the future that may land you in the hospital.  It may be something minor but you really don't want to take the chance of something serious that gets overlooked.  I would want my child to come to me and better to be honest and up front about it....

Also I forgot to say before I have an attack of this costochrondritis, I get a stabbing sharp pain in my upper back, in the wing of my back. Sometimes I get this pain on & off for days with no attack, the pain will come & go, I notice it at night when I am doing nothing active, other than watching tv. Again I hope this info helps anyone out there.

SPS 

In your case I would go to your MD and get checked out.  Having a 60% blockage to your LAD can contribute to your chest pain which radiates to your back (also signs of angina!)

Hi go see your Dr and explain it to him, and see if he comes up with costochrondritis. I was told when I asked how does someone get that, he says sometimes there is an infection when your young and it just goes unnoticed. They don't know exactly why people get it, but it can be treated with ibuprophen (advil)

I'm sorry I accidently posted before I was done. I think I have gotten so used to it, I don't notice if I have it everyday. I was also told it can happen more if you have large breasts for your frame, puts more pull in the chest area, well that is food for thought.

About your tissue growing around your bones, I think a doctor should be able to find something??? When you have your pain is it hard to breathe, where you can't expand your lungs? And at work were you moving any heavy boxes that day or prior to the day it started?  For the back pain if your able, I lay on my bed and hang my back over the side of my bed and stretch my arms above my head, so they are touching the ground or close. And make a really good stretch, that seems to help me with the stabbing pain in my back. You have to be careful not to fall on your head. :) Hope any of this information helps you. Susan  

i also have suffered with these pains...though my chest (upper left side under my boob most of the time) i always think its a bloody heart attack...lol...but yeah also in my upper back and right side even down near my diaphram. it seems like most of us just thought we were the only ones, yet most have seen a dr about it.

you would think if alot of women have this problem or condition and have presented it to the dr's they would have come up with an answer by now!

 

but after reading the posts above i think that costochrondritis sounds about right but it is so heard to take medication everyday for a (just in case attack)

 

Costochondritis causes pain and tenderness in the locations where your ribs attach to your breastbone (costosternal joints). Often the pain is sharp, though it can also feel like a dull, gnawing pain. Pain associated with costochondritis occurs most often on the left side of your breastbone, though it can occur on either side of your chest.

Other costochondritis symptoms may include:

• Pain when taking deep breaths
• Pain when coughing
• Difficulty breathing

Costochondritis is the most common cause of chest pain originating in the chest wall. It occurs most often in women and people over age 40. However, costochondritis can affect anyone, including infants and children.

 I am glad that my original post has helped some and started a discussion. Because before I knew what this was it was really scary. I am a young 50 ish Mom, I have this dull pain almost every night. I thought it was my mattress, but it wasn't. No mattress makes it hard to take a breath in or out. But only at its worst does the breath thing happen. Mostly I live with the dull ache stabbing in my back and breatbone area.  If you have gone to your Dr. and been checked out, I think you are all doing the responsible thing. I was told to not worry about it, to take Advil when it bothered me enopugh to take Advil, love those Dr's don't you. Stay well!

Susan 

Hello, Susan,

Thank you, you gave me a little relief. I am a 40ish mom, and I was petrified that I was (and am) having a heart attack. I was attacked and beaten in my chest several years ago, when I was much younger. I also do fit within the breast description mentioned earlier. I have had pleuricy before, so I know that this is not that. I do not feel pain in my back though. It started sometime yesterday, and lessened after I took some Aleve. Then it was so severe it woke me in the middle of the night, and all I could do was cry. Problem: Naps and Profens make me very ill, is there anything else that will give me relief?

Will it keep coming back now? This is the first time I can remember having this pain, and I am more than a little concerned.

Celia

I just wanted to let you know that the same type thing happened to me almost two years ago. My ekg looked normal so, My General Practioner diagnosed it with pleurisy, then when we found out that wasn't it, he tried costochondritis. However, that wasn't it either because of the spasms. I don't know if you experience any rapid heart beat at times when this happens or not. I do. Not everytime, but sometimes. I was finally sent to the cardiologist where I had an echo and was placed on a heart monitor for 30 days. It turns out I had some sort of tachachardia(sp?). I can't remember the exact medical term. I always have to ask my husband. Turns out a lot of people actually have this and go their whole lives withought knowing because theirs is so minor. However, there are people like me who it happened to be a little worse on so I began to notice. This started when I was 26 years old. I still have it every now and then, but it is not a daily/weekly thing anymore. My doc told me that it is triggered by caffeine, stress, antihistimines, some migraine medicines, and nose sprays. So if you are doing mroe than one of those then you might try stopping to see if it lightens up. Good luck! I know how it feels to know something is wrong with you and no one can seem to find the problem!

omg! alex the same thing is happing to me too! im also 14.

omg me too, im 13 though!

idk what to do.

and thats what my mom does too- she just acts like its nothing. :(

omg me too, im 13 though!

idk what to do.

and thats what my mom does too- she just acts like its nothing. :(

That's terrible! Sometimes moms might not understand the seriousness of your complaints or may write it off as growing pains. You will have lots of those over the next few years! Maybe you should try going to your father or maybe even just talking to the school nurse and sometimes hearing it from another adult might get your parents attention....good luck to you and I wish for the best!

omg me too, im 13 though!

idk what to do.

and thats what my mom does too- she just acts like its nothing. :(

I have had this problem for a number of years now and I am now 22 years old. It comes from knowhere and last 10-15 seconds. I find it impossible to take deep breaths as it feel like my heart is going to explode! So i take small rapid, shallow breaths and build it up from there. I also find that hitting or punching the area where it hurts makes it go away!!! Wierd!!

 

Yep, that's exactly what i've experienced. I'm happy to say that I'm completely healthy and doctors have found no medical issues that cause it. In rare cases such symptoms may be from an underlying cause and it's ALWAYS helpful to get a doctors opinion.

Sorry...one last thought....I work full time, travel alot for work and go to school 3/4 time.....can stress cause something like this n if so any other ideas? (can only take so much out of the matrix right now) The pain is like someone is plunging a knife into my chest....it only gets worse with deep breaths so I find myself light headed sometimes from my short shallow breaths while trying to minimize pain!