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Chest Pain
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Chest pain – Causes – Risk Factors – Symptoms – Diagnosis – Treatment | |
Chest Pain - Musculoskeletal |
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Musculoskeletal chest pain is atypical and can be quite different from the life- threatening chest pains that are associated with heart problems. It is caused by pain in the cartilage and muscles of the rib cage and in the ribs. It recurs with exertion or pressure to that area. The causes of musculoskeletal chest pain are mainly:- • Injury due to coughing • Trauma to the chest area • Tietze syndrome- a condition where there is inflammation to the rib cartilage. Here the 2nd rib from the top is usually affected • Costochondritis- condition causing inflammation of cartilage and bones • Sternalis syndrome- rare condition characterized with tenderness over the sternum • Xiphoidalgia- a rare syndrome characterized by pain in the xiphoid process • Sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis – Athropathy involving anterior chest wall • Fibromyalgia- condition caused by chronic body pain • Lower rib pain syndromes |
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Posted by:
syras
Posted on: 10/11/2010 The typical symptoms of chest pain in women are: Chest “tightness,” “squeezing,” or “heaviness.” People describe this feeling as a weight or as a band being tightened around their chest. The pain is usually located on the left side of the chest above the bottom of the ribcage, but it’s often hard to define its exact location. Shortness of breath.Sweating, nausea, and an anxious feeling A pain in the left arm, neck and jaw.
Posted by:
davidcox7
Posted on: 10/19/2009 Patients with diabetes type 1 often do not have any pain when experiencing heart attack. Their symptons are nausea, extreme fatigue and giddiness, but NO PAIN. Any category 1 diabetic who experiences such symptons should view them as a real emergency and call a medic asap even if you think that the symptons are similar to food poisoning or a touch of influenza. Do not ignore them. YOU COULD BE HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
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guest
Posted on: 05/23/2008 Past 1 yr, had false alarms with chest discomfort, shortness of breath, tightness, squeeeze, split seconds of blacking out. 3 full heart scans, stress ECG, Blood tests - all good results. Am really fed up with this symptom, having it at the moment, what is my problem, docs say it could be gastro problem, how can this last for 48 hours, whereby i can feel my chest area like a playground??? |
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Chest “tightness,” “squeezing,” or “heaviness.” People describe this feeling as a weight or as a band being tightened around their chest. The pain is usually located on the left side of the chest above the bottom of the ribcage, but it’s often hard to define its exact location.
Shortness of breath. Sweating, nausea, and an anxious feeling
A pain in the left arm, neck and jaw.