Any ideas as to what is causing my chest pain?

[Chinatonez]

For a little over a week I have been having chest pains.

There is a constant feeling of heaviness and when I breathe in I feel a stabbing pain. The pain gets worse if I am lying down.

While I only have a slight shortness of breathe otherwise (just barely enough to notice), when I bend over, I lose my breathe and feel as if I need to cough.

The pain is only present on the left side of my chest.

This has happened several times before in the last 5-6 years, but not frequently and eventually goes away after a couple of weeks. Ibuprofen tends to relieve the pain slightly for 2-3 hours.

I'm 17, male, and I have no history of permanent medical issues or allergies to any substance.

If any additional information is needed, please just ask.

Thanks in advance.

[ed34]

I would talk to your Doctor, who may want to organise an x-ray. It sounds like a muscular issue to me, like you have pulled something. When I get muscle problems like that, I breathe in slowly until the pain starts, then inhale further to stretch things a bit. The natural reaction is to stop at that point. But do it slowly, and for a while the pain seems to ease off.