“Chest pains in the center to the right pain really bad”
Well I have had chest pains for the past few weeks and I went to the doctor and he said that he thinks that I pulled a muscle and I have had chest pains in the middle of my chest on the right side and about 2 weeks ago is when I went to the doctor and they said to call him if anything else was wrong like any other chest pains but I can't get a hold of him and my chest is killing me it hurts to stand up of lay down if feels like someone is stabbing me I don't know what's wrong and my doctor don't know eaither can you help me? I'm 13 years old and I was going to call and abulence but my parents would get mad at a me and say I wasn't hurting that bad your fine is what they will say to me
Female | 13 years old
Complaint duration: 14 days
Medications: None
Conditions: None
2 Answers
CardiologistCardiologist
Your parents may be right. It is hard to tell from your description, but heart-origin pain is rarely unrelenting, and if so, is usually described differently (since the heart moves within the chest).
I hope I can offer you some reassurance. Very likely this chest pain is not from your heart. There are several clues to determine this. First, sharp chest pain is more likely chest wall pain rather than cardiac pain. Location also supports this. IN addition it would be extremely unlikely for a female of your age to have cardiac chest pain. Best option is a non steroidal such as ibuprofen or aleve to calm the inflammation down. Hope this helps.
