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?

[GrandmaFlorist]

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[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...

[Ellsbellz]

I am 15 years old. When I was 13 I was diagnosed with slight athsma, but medication didn't work and if anything made it worse so I scrapped it! I get a feeling like I'm not getting enough oxygen in and I need to take a deep breathe but when I do it's hard, Sonia try to yawn which occasionally helps but not always. Also, I sometime feel a sharp pain when I try to breathe in, then if I persist and just keep breathing in it kind of bursts and I'm relieved. HELP ME!! everyone just thinks i'm crazy and want attention!!

[breathlesslyrelating341]

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[Rikkiroo]

I have the same symptoms, harder to breathe, stiffness in the neck, tightness in the chest but it only happens when I'm at my nans house at first I thought it must be her perfume but IV never reacted like this when in her old house and my eyebrow twitches alot and I get pins and needles very easily but that's when i noticed I know from my own experience that if I lean on my leg I'll get pins and needles in my foot and then it goes away quickly when I stand on it, so that's stoppin some of the blood flowing to that part of the body so it reacts with pins and needles it comes if you keep your arm in the air and the blood goes slower up the arm because the heart is pumping against gravity so that hand isn't getting its normal rate supply of oxygen like if your in hospital giving birth they let you breath a can of pure oxygen which boosts muscle reactions and they can hold out for longer, so maybe the muscles in your neck are lackin oxygen, because your neck is always in use to keep your head upright and its the biggest muscle in your head and neck so its facing gravity and the lack of oxygen so its aching tellin you to rest that muscle to give it more oxygen, so I found that it could be your lackin oxygen or you have bad circulation from not movin very often put that can only be very common to lazy, obese and people with organ problems, if you think its lack of oxygen try breathing more of the outdoor air and that doesn't mean opening one window because if its not that breezy the air circles around that window if you open a window like at one end of the house and at the other end you let it flow though. I'll give you example why if you blow on a bottle that already has air inside and you put your mouth over the open top and blow none of your air can enter but if u pierce the bottom the air in the bottle escapes and the fresh air goes though the bottle too that's saying you blowin is the fresh air..
Right if you try to keep the air flowing though for some time it should help for some cases..

Hope this helped

[zanezzz]

I recently been told by my doctor I have   tietze's syndrome as I have many of the symptoms.

[myotherapist]

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[Wildcat302483]

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[ciceromd9]

Helpful discussion.. read through the whole thing. I've been suffering from this for the past 6 months. However, I'm having additional symptoms that are really concerning me. I've had chest x rays, ekg, blood work and just like all of you, everything was "normal". My symptoms include:
Numbness in my left lung when breathing.
Cramps in neck and shoulder where my neck literally freezes in position.
Random heart murmors or sharp pain when trying to breath.
Popping sensation directly behind my left lung (like I'm popping my back).
Yawning constantly to catch breath.
Skin irritation on shoulders.

I've smoked for 7 years, but I am a very healthy and active 26 year old male. I quit smoking for the past 3 months and no improvement. I find that the only time I feel relief is while doing heavy cardio exercise or sleeping. I've had random chest pain since I was young and the doctors always told me to take deep breaths to get rid of the feeling and although painful, it worked. I do believe I know the cause of my particular problem which may help someone else to figure out why it has happened to them. I don't know how to fix this but I just felt the urge to post my experience.
I used to be a huge pot head until I settled down and started a family 3 years ago. I gave it up but have always missed the sensation of being high. This summer I was introduced to "spice". It is supposedly a synthetic substitute for marijuana. I was exited because it was legal and it wouldn't show up on a **** test, so I tried it, and liked it although I felt extreme paranoia from it. I would say in total I probably smoked a total of 2 grams over the course of the summer before I stopped.(which wasn't a lot compared to my friends) the very last time I smoked one hit of it and almost immediately felt like I was going to suffocate, because my left lung went completely numb. I haven't felt right ever since, and I fear that whatever it is will bring me to my demise. If anyone knows of what could have been the culprit ingredient in "spice" that could have caused this please help! Thankyou

[HelgaBy]

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[Teacherkane]

I think everyone with shortness of breath ( especially at night) should have a sleep study done by a doctor because it could possibly be sleep apnea which means u don't breathe correctly at night and can really effect so many oher things.

[Anna32982]

I'm sorry to tell you this but it does sound like anxiety. I've had the same problems and went thru all the tests. The only thing that helps for me is Ativan or Xanax. I still get it and it usually gets worse if I sit there and try to make myself take a deep breath. Try some meditation/visualization and breathing techniques.

[Jsang]

I'm a 15 year old male who has had similar symptoms. I have never smoked before an I'm relativly healthy for my age. In the last week or so I have experienced a slight pain in my chest along with my chest muscles tightening right before I'm able to complete a full breath. I often yawn or just keep attempting to take a deep breath until it finally " works" . It is somewhat painfully and at times rather scary. I really would like if this problem could be resolved. Any suggestions? Thank you.

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[Marmite]

I'm so glad I found you people.  My symptoms are exactly like those of  Diane53 -- spells of felling fine for weeks, then constant yawning to make up for an oxygen deficit that starts in the evening, doesn't bother me when I sleep, then resumes the next day until it gradually eases off at bedtime.  It doesn't matter if I'm exercising or lying still.  

My new insurance won't let me see my doctor until October but from what I learned here I would have been only letting myself in for tons of expensive tests.  Instead, I'm going to try some of the things John Bushnell suggested.  I know I don't have a disease but that something in my lifestyle is amiss.

If I figured out how to prevent my migraines, I'm sure I can conquer this -- thanks to this forum.