strange chest pains

[shaggy29]

Hi, 30 year old male, moderately heavy smoker (I know, I know). Mildly obese.  A very odd pain travels around my body.  One minute I feel it in my back like the muscles are strained, then I'll feel it creep to another location in my back (middle to upper), and then on up in my throat, then it might creep down to my chest,  or just "hover" deep in my thorasic region or lungs region.  It seems like it may respond and change positions with the different positions I sit in..or move on its own.   This is very odd and I have no dizziness or shortness of breath at all--and my BP and heart rate are normal.  I had a normal chest xray and EKG a year ago (I had bronchitis that cleared on its own..but that was mostly a dry cough..I'm not coughing at all now).    Most Recent test included an Upper GI series/barium test for abdominal pain which found inflammation in my Duodenum but doctor isn't concerned at all.   By the way, I think sometimes I just need to burp, sometimes I can get a little gas up when this is happening but it just won't all come out?  I can't be totally sure.   Does this sound like just heartburn or something?

Thank you very much.

[Forum-M.D.-bkj]

shaggy,

Thanks for the post.

It really doesn't sound cardiac related due to the chronic nature, the quality, and your age. Unless you had significant risk factors to develop atherosclerosis at such a young age I would doubt it's anginal. What you need to do is sit down with your physician and come to a closure on what he/she thinks your pain is related to. It's impossible to tell you specifically over the internet.

good luck

[someone21231]

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quit smoking
lose the weight
never drink cocoa cola
stay away from french fies/hash browns/fried chicken/fried anything [loaded with saturated fat and trans fat]
no junk food
margerine instead of butter

drink 100% juice like orange juice or V8
take 500mg vitamin C before breakfast and dinner
400IU vitamin E before one meal [don't overdose]
multi
omega-3 fatty acids
large B vitamin pill
green tea extract pills

http://www.bodyandfitness.com/Information/Health/antioxidant.htm
Read all of this epecially under the title "When Free Radicals Run Amok" and see how important huge amounts of vitamin C are.
Drink a lot of water just incase so you won't get kidney stones since no ones sure if huge doses of vitamin C does that but it does protect you from heart disease, cancer, getting sick, and a lot of other things.

http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

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[Am I 2 Young?]

Please stop smoking it will make you live longer cmon now think about it if i stab myself with a knife hey im going to bleed. just like cigs if you smoke it will affect you.trust me im 29 and i smoked for 10 yrs and now i have a pacemaker and i continued to smoke until my son who is 5 came up to me and said "Daddy can you please stop smoking cause I dont want you to DIE." sorry if this sounds bad but hey it is. quit smoking start eating right and if this problem continues then go see a doc. some pains r just normal and we tend to worry about them which makes them worse.
PLEASE QUIT I KNOW ITS HARD BUT I DID IT!!!

[annaks01]

Hello - Was wondering if you came to resolution on the cause of your chest pains - I've been experiencing the identical symptoms.  Thanks!