high heart rate

I am 14 and a half years old and i don't know if i have a problem. in gym class, we laid down for 10 minutes and found our resting heart rates. It turned out i was at 124. When i walk up stairs i am at 150. When i start running i can go anywhere from 180-255. I am fit and active and do sports such as soccer. I am not overweight, im 5"3 and 104 pounds. I am almost always in my target zone of 135-175, and doing the littlest thing such as walking kind of fast makes it go to the 160 and 170s. I sometimes get pains in my hearts and in my side like sort of near my ribs. Sometimes my heart hurts real bad and it feels like it exploded, and i know it didn't but it only lasts for maybe 10 seconds but it really hurts.  When i compare my rates to all of my friends, i am always the highest. I don't know if i have a heart problem, someone please help.


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[cindy707]

Hi i read your post...the first thing that you need to do is if this is happening in gym class you need to let your coach know exactly what you have posted here on the Medhelp site.  The most important thing that you can do for yourself is to sit down with your parents and tell them what is going on with you and that you are scared and want to see a doctor just to make sure that you are okay.  At 14 years old tho i really wouldn't be too worried because its pretty rare for heart issues to pop up with someone who is 14 and a 1/2 but just to be on the safe side tell the coach and your parents okay?  Medhelp also has a great teen site on this site...just scroll up to the top of the page , click on forums and look up teens,,,,,,alot of young people go thru things like this and get themselves pretty scared and sometimes it helps to talk with your peers about what is happening...i would go in and tell your parents right after you read this and good luck to you my friend......