shortness of breath/chest tightness with no other symptoms

[babymonkey]

I am a perfectly healthy, athletic 30-yr. old female who for the past week has been experiencing difficulty breathing with a tightness in my left upper chest.  I struggle to get a deep breath and sometimes have to yawn to do so.  If I thought about it enough and panicked, I could hypervetalate trying to catch my breath.  The only relief I get is when laying down to sleep or rest.  This started out of nowhere.  At first I suspected allergies--don't have a problem, but had spent the weekend outdoors and had kicked around some hay (literally) which I felt may have irritated my throat/chest.  Two days ago had a chest x-ray and EKG.  Doc sent me away like I was crazy telling me that it was probably stress or anxiety (even though I told him I didn't feel stressed or anxious) and to take a xanax and I would be better in a couple of days.  Any thoughts?  If it's nothing, great!  But I have tried to 'think my way out of it' and have ahd plenty of rest humoring the idea that it is stress.  Could a chest x-ray miss something like pleurisy or something else that might not show-up on an x-ray?

[Jarelival]

I must say how relieving it is to know I am not alone. I am a healthy seventeen year old male. I am at the correct weight for my height. I do not smoke. I get my tightness on the right lower side of my chest. I also experience trouble breathing and yawing does seem to always make it better momentarily. This just started about a month ago. I will try excersing more on a regular basis, but I would love to find anything to relieve the tightness.

[JacquiA]

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[panjipriambudi]

I got from other post the solution for my problem.. Its acid reflux.. It took sometime for the nexium to work but gavascon really help make it fast..
Im still at about 40% better, ill let you all know how i do in the next 2 weeks.. You see we have to take nexium for 4 weeks at least..

[panjipriambudi]

Hallo, all im panji.. I too have been experiencing this shortness of breath..
I read about it could this be in the muscle.. I read about myofascial pain syndrome and trigger points and how some muscle tightness could cause this shortness of breath..
Anyway if it is trigger points than it should be easy to treat..
Please let me know..

[footylad]

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[Ellsbellz]

P.s I also want to be a nurse/doctor when I'm older so i'm interested to learn...