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14 y/o sharp chest pains
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14 y/o sharp chest pains
by D.R.W, Dec 08, 1999 12:00AM
I have a son who is 14 years old, who has been experiencing chest pains for about 2 weeks. It seems to hurt more when he first wakes up. We have been to see the physician 2X, first thought to be acid reflux, rec'd meds (meds did not work). A G.I., and blood work done, all normal. Doc said that this could possibly be growing pains. I also noticed that this also has been more frequent since taking motrin and iboproben (for headaches), could these meds be causing this. I read in the PDR that tighting of the chest, was a rare but a side effect of iboproben. I have today taken his off this to see if the pain does subsides. He does participate in sports also. Please help.
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