Pain in chest...

[Yoko]

Saturday night went out drinking with some friends, got in about 3am and went to bed. Wasnt that drunk (I mean the room wasnt spinning )

Woke up at 4am with really bad chest pains, If a breathed in I got a really sharp stabbing pain in my shoulder/chest area which ran down to the centre of my chest... I could only take really short breaths because of the pain so got up and took some ibuprofen and passed out.

Woke up in the morning and shoulder/chest felt sore if I took really deep breath but other than that felt ok.

Rode up to waves and went to the movies, then 2am and I get the same treatment, this is now starting to get me a little worried. I cant breathe properly and I'm in a fair bit of pain. Take 3 ibuprofen and an hour later the pain is still pretty bad. I cant lay down in bed as it hurts too much, sitting in bed is only a little better so I opt to stand... for an hour... By now I'm starting to think I need the hospital. Pass out again and wake up at 7am again with this pain.

Take more ibuprofen and manage to sleep for an hour. I'm then fine (If I dont breathe in too much) until mid afternoon... and guess what... the pain is back. This time I take some co-codamol which seems to do the trick after an hour or so.

Rode home from waves and decided to go stright to the local hospital as its starting to hurt more. Get there and explain whats happened. Get put on an ECG and have my obs. taken. By now the pain really kicks in and I'm thinking good, the Dr will see that and know how to fix me. He suggests I may have a punctured lung! So sends me for an X-Ray. Comes back clear, so he says, well its not a punctured lung or phenomia and says its "just one of those things". Nice so he gives me some happy pills (paracetamol & codeine) and now I'm back at home.

So I'm none the wiser as so why I'm in so much pain when I try to breathe in but at the moment its ok, wonder if I'll be wondering about in a few hours trying to work out how long ago I took the last lot of pain killers

The codine I took at the hospital is kicking in nicely now so think I'll make the most of it and have a sleep!
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[craigie b]

Do you smoke? Combined with lack of sleep and/or hangover I sometimes get chest pains (but nowt serious).

You've possibly trapped a nerve near your shoulder, which would explain why the ibuprofen has helped.

[chris-red]

Theres re assuring when a Dr says struggling to breath is "just one of those things"

I have a few oddities like that, i just assumed I have knackered myself and this is what growing old is about. I sometimes get pain in my index finger, trouble breathing (but not as bad as you by the sound of it) blurry vision. Clunking of my ankle and elbow not a click it feels almost like scraping and grating, lower back pain.

I've on the bodily equilivent to a lifan and I'm only 20.
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[Yoko]

I dont smoke and am normally fit and healthy. I'm 22 years old.

I can understand something hurting for a reason, but 'one of those things' makes it quite frustrating, specially when you cant sleep, cant lay down and most of all is actually quite painful and not just some dull ache like a head ache or stomach ache, also when it comes on for no reason, I've not fallen over or bashed my self.

If I'm still like this tomorrow I'll need to see the Dr, probably to be fobbed off again.

I woke up several times last night and just had to sit up in bed for an hour or so and wait for it to go away. I've woken up again now and its painful but not too bad I'll just have to take some ibuprofen or something.

Argh so damn annoying!!!
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[Yoko]

Ah yea a few people have suggested it could be that, but I didnt see the connection between trapping a nerve and finding it painfull to breathe.

I just need a naked lady to bring me grapes & water...
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[craigie b]

If it is a trapped nerve I would recommend going to see a chiropractor.

[craigie b]

lol, that's when you should go see a practitioner They'll click the nerve out there and then. Most peoples necks and spines suffer from being misaligned and as we get older we just accept it, but its not that we're prone, its that the misalignment has made you prone.

Saying that, I'm very lucky at the minute as my chiropractor costs £10 a session. When the treatments finished I'll post the before and after Xrays to show the difference in posture it makes.

[craigie b]

[craigie b]

I'm the same, have 5 years worth of disk damage from Kickboxing, training with the 4 Para, running long distance (my knee is fucking on its way out now ).

The guys says the same to me, it will never stay permanently however once he has fixed it, it can be maintained which is better than I currently have. The only other option would be to become idle but the thought of that fills me with dread .

[Fortuna]

If it was something serious like a heart problem you'd really know about it so don't worry unnessicarily.
Although angina produces the symptoms you have if the doctor says it's all ok then I'd go with a trapped nerve.