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Chest pain for a while
Hello,
This is a pretty long story so, I am sorry.
I am a 19 year old male college student that is 5'10" 150 pounds. I have played soccer my entire life and work out often. Recently I have been experiencing chest pains. Actually for about 2 weeks. I stayed away from the gym as a precaution. The chest paiins seemed as if they were dissapearing. I was having no other symptoms so I didn't think anything of it. The other night I played soccer for the team I joined. During the game I was fine. No chest pains, no symptoms at all. After the game, that night (maybe 1-3 hours) I started to feel the chest pains once again. This time I even had pain like a stiff neck and some sharp shooting pains into my arm. Now this is where I am confused. I checked my heart rate a few times and it seemed normal. About 60 beats a minute and steady pace. then one time when the pain got worse I stood up and checked it again. While I was thinking "oh ****, what if I have a heart attack" my heart rate started to spike and it felt as if my heart jumped out of my chest. I then walked around a little andn felt dizzy afterwards. I am wondering is this what they call a panic attack? Or, is there really something wrong with my heart. The chest pain is usually right near my left nipple. It feels as if its my heart but there in nothing ever wrong with my heart rhythm durign the pains. does that mean anythiing? I am confused though because when I get these pains sometimes I burp and the pain goes away. Any answer would be greatlhy appeciated. I am obviously pretty concerned. I just wondering if I should get this checked by a doctor or anything. During my heart rate spiking I felt very dizzy afterwards and as if I was going to faint. I did not faint though and I was still able to think straight and walk.
This is a pretty long story so, I am sorry.
I am a 19 year old male college student that is 5'10" 150 pounds. I have played soccer my entire life and work out often. Recently I have been experiencing chest pains. Actually for about 2 weeks. I stayed away from the gym as a precaution. The chest paiins seemed as if they were dissapearing. I was having no other symptoms so I didn't think anything of it. The other night I played soccer for the team I joined. During the game I was fine. No chest pains, no symptoms at all. After the game, that night (maybe 1-3 hours) I started to feel the chest pains once again. This time I even had pain like a stiff neck and some sharp shooting pains into my arm. Now this is where I am confused. I checked my heart rate a few times and it seemed normal. About 60 beats a minute and steady pace. then one time when the pain got worse I stood up and checked it again. While I was thinking "oh ****, what if I have a heart attack" my heart rate started to spike and it felt as if my heart jumped out of my chest. I then walked around a little andn felt dizzy afterwards. I am wondering is this what they call a panic attack? Or, is there really something wrong with my heart. The chest pain is usually right near my left nipple. It feels as if its my heart but there in nothing ever wrong with my heart rhythm durign the pains. does that mean anythiing? I am confused though because when I get these pains sometimes I burp and the pain goes away. Any answer would be greatlhy appeciated. I am obviously pretty concerned. I just wondering if I should get this checked by a doctor or anything. During my heart rate spiking I felt very dizzy afterwards and as if I was going to faint. I did not faint though and I was still able to think straight and walk.
Hello,
Thank you for the reply. I was thinking it was probably just me being nervous. I am still considering seeing my family doctor or maybe even a cardiologist just to be safe. I was taking my pulse because I was curious as to why I was having chest pains.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for the reply. I was thinking it was probably just me being nervous. I am still considering seeing my family doctor or maybe even a cardiologist just to be safe. I was taking my pulse because I was curious as to why I was having chest pains.
Thank you very much!
Hi Joe,
It is always a good idea to have a check up by a doctor if you are concerned about something; it will help put your mind at ease. What you describe does not sound heart related, it sounds like muscle pain as opposed to heart pain. You are not old enough to have chest pain caused by blocked arteries and the forms of heart disease that strip the heart muscle of it's blood supply would certainly be giving you problems while being active on a soccer field. A heart that lacks blood supply is the reason for the chest pain. Your pulse rate is probably jumping up because of your concern more than anything else; the fact that you are taking your pulse in the first place speaks of that. Your adrenal glands are kicking in, you know, the fight or flight response. You are probably just fine.
It is always a good idea to have a check up by a doctor if you are concerned about something; it will help put your mind at ease. What you describe does not sound heart related, it sounds like muscle pain as opposed to heart pain. You are not old enough to have chest pain caused by blocked arteries and the forms of heart disease that strip the heart muscle of it's blood supply would certainly be giving you problems while being active on a soccer field. A heart that lacks blood supply is the reason for the chest pain. Your pulse rate is probably jumping up because of your concern more than anything else; the fact that you are taking your pulse in the first place speaks of that. Your adrenal glands are kicking in, you know, the fight or flight response. You are probably just fine.
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