HELLO,
I RECENTLY POSTED A QUESTION CONCERNING A STRONG PULSE IN MY ABDOMEN. I HAVE VISITED MY DOCTOR AND HE CONDUCTED A BASIC EXAMINATION AND CONCLUDED THAT I SHOULD NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS; FURTHER, HE HAS SENT ME FOR A SONOGRAM AND STATED HE WAS DOING IT ONLY FOR MY OWN PEACE OF MIND. HE EXPLAINED THAT NOTHING DURING HIS EXAMINATION WOULD LEAD HIM TO BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING OTHER THAN MY BODY TYPE IS THE REASON WHY I NOTICE MY PULSE IN MY ABDOMEN. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AGO, I SNNEZED SUDDENLY AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MY CHEST. ALARMED, I WENT TO THE DOCTAOR AND A CHEST X-RAY WEAS PERFORMED. AT THAT TIME, THE X-RAY SHOWED NO REASON FOR FURTHER TESTING. A SECOND SET OF X-RAYS WERE TAKEN A FEW WEEKS LATER AND ALSO SHOWED NOTHING. SOMETIMES THE PAIN WOULD BE CENTERED AROUND MY STERNUM, NOT IN THE BONE BUT THE MUSCLE. THE PAIN CONTINUED FOR A FEW MONTHS UNTIL I ALTERED THE WAY I SNEEZE, I SNEEZE OFTEN DUE TO ALLERGIES, AND THE PAIN SEEMED TO GO AWAY AND NO LONGER OCCURS WHEN I SNEEZE. I WAS WONDERING IF THESE TWO CONDITIONS COULD BE RELATED IN ANY WAY OR BE THE SIGN OF SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS. I HAVE BEEN EXAMINED BY A CARDIOLOGIST SINCE THE CHEST PAIN AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL NORMAL EKG'S AND A NORMAL SONOGRAM OF THE HEART (I AM SORRY BUT I CAN NOT SPELL THE NAME OF THAT TEST). ULTIMATELY, HOW MUCH DAMAGE CAN A SNEEZE CAUSE AND IS THERE ANY CONNECTION TO THE PULSE IN MY ABDOMEN? SORRY IF I AM WAISTING YOUR TIME.