12-year old Boy - chest pain while excercising

[BDB_00]

I have a 12-year old boy, who is experiencing chest pain during excercise, typcially, after 20-30 minutes of reasonable intensity.  The pain is central mid-line chest and causes intense enough pain that he must discontinue exercise.  The pain subsides in 10-20 mins and he is able to restart activities and excercise.  Any ideas?  growing pains, cramping, muslce issues?

[grendslori]

Chest pains are caused by a lack of blood flow to the heart muscle. Usually the cause for that is CAD or Coronary Artery Disease; that would be highly unlikely in your son as it takes, on average, 20+ years to have enough build up of plague in the arteries to cause chest pains. There are some forms of Cardiomyopathy which can also cause chest pain in children, but once it reaches that point, theuy would never be able to exercise for 20-30 minutes. I would take your son to a Pediatric Cardiologist and have him checked out just to be on the safe side. It could be a lung issue or a muscle issue as well. Keep us posted.