“What would cause chest pain in a child?”
My 6 year old daughter has random chest pain. What would cause chest pain in a child?
4 Answers
Your doctor can check the heart to rule out congenital heart disease.
Muscles, bones, lungs, growing pains, trauma, sickle cell disease, tons of stuff. Rarely related to the heart. Assuming pain does not occur mostly during exercise and is not anginal.
Chest pain can be caused by several things, most important of course would be either by a heart or lung issue. Chest pain that happens during or after is concerning, or if it happens with fever and shortness of breath
Usually in his chest wall pain or musculoskeletal pain. Sometimes it’s called growing pains. Stomach problems can also cause chest pain. Cardiac reasons for chest pain in a child are very rare. If the chest pain is associated with exercise or with syncope or passing out, then it needs to be evaluated by a cardiologist.
