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    Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    For the past 3 days I keep getting this really sharp pain under my left breast...it last like 1-3 seconds...and when it happens it feels like I cant even breathe or move until it goes away..almost feels like some bones are broken in there or some horrible muscle issues...but of course...im thinking it's my heart.

    it has only happend once a day each time, and only lasted 1-3 seconds. What do you guys thing this is? I feel it right under my left breast and sometimes a but of it right behind like on my back where that pointy shoulder blade thingy iss...

    is this my heart???? it's very very sharp.

    i must add that it only happens when im sitting and leaning back or something...

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    Re: Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    Hi Yanksforever,
    i get this!!! its horrible, i've been getting it alot more frequently, like its happening now in like lil shocks!!
    I always think that its my heart, but my GP says my heart is fine, its just really annoying then i start getting paranoid & checking my pulse!!
    I feel like i go round in a circle with it!!!
    I'd go to the Doctors for a check up just for peace of mind, thats what i'm going to do again
    Good Luck
    xxx

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    Re: Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    Quote Originally Posted by Shelber View Post
    Hi Yanksforever,
    i get this!!! its horrible, i've been getting it alot more frequently, like its happening now in like lil shocks!!
    I always think that its my heart, but my GP says my heart is fine, its just really annoying then i start getting paranoid & checking my pulse!!
    I feel like i go round in a circle with it!!!
    I'd go to the Doctors for a check up just for peace of mind, thats what i'm going to do again
    Good Luck
    xxx
    I have this exact problem but I have been to hospital
    And doctors so many times over the last 5 years they have finally told me
    That try can't diagnose anything and it might be a pain that I will have to
    Deal with :( which sucks !

    ---------- Post added at 16:02 ---------- Previous post was at 15:58 ----------

    Everyday I have this shooting almost stitch likePain under my left breast it makes me
    Paranoid I have had this for about 5 years now I had a boob reduction to
    See whether it was the weight of my boobs but it seems like that weren't the case I go to the hospital on average about 10 times a year with this pain
    And they have finally told me that they cannot diagnose anything I have been put on numerous of ecg's (heart monitors) and they say my heart is fine , so I don't k ow what it is I have been told that I may have to just deal with the pain
    For the rest of my life this sucks :( I hate this pain I used to think I was having a heart attack which made things worse and I used I have panic attacks but now I know my heart is fine I am
    Not as bad anymore still don't know what it is but I know it sucks I feel your pain people xx

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    I am in so much disbelief tonight as I came across this site and joined because what you are describing is what has been happening to me...I went to the doctor last week and they told me nothing is wrong...I have been having this pain under my left breast bone and soreness in my lung area it is as if somebody beat me during the night....Also, I have to lay down after it starts to hurt me from time to time. I can't understand what is going on as the doctors have stated that the symptoms do not match anything they know of....I know when I eat anything I panic because I think I am having a heart problem so after reading what you guys have written thanks I feel so much better wow this is an awesome post....

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    Re: Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    no, it's not your heart. I'm having those every day, 10-20 times! Ask yourself have you been doing something that made your muscles tense? Things like no exercise, sitting in one position for many hours (like me in the office), tensed your left arm in any way? Could also be junk food (I had a burger the other day, and had sharp pains in my diaphragm, scary as hell) Also, sharp pains are almost always tense muscles! Your heart is fine!

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    Re: Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    Yeah I think I do sit too long without exercise...it feels a bit like trapped wind too, and my muscles were tense 3 days ago when it began...it's SOOOO SHARP like knives going through there...and when it happens it goes away within 3 seconds but I feel it right under my left breast and a bit around the pack and under my armpit...

    It's gotta be tense muscles because when it happens i cant breathe or move until the pain has gone away...

    thanks guys..that did help a little, more reassurance is always great

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    Re: Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    I get this alot and it scares me to death always under left breast

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    Re: Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    it happend again today. it only happens once a day....it lasted like 3 seconds...it was under my left breast but i could feel it's sharpness in my back as well...

    im so scared...im justr 19 and im thinking this is my heart. today when it happend i was pretty relaxed, sitting down at a family birthday party after dinner, and i got up and changed seats and when i sat down...a miniute later, BAM...3 seconds of this sharpp pain right unnder left breast...

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    Re: Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    I went to A&E a few weeks ago because of this.

    I was getting the pains in my heart alot as well as pains in the upper left tendon of the pec muscle.

    It was worrying but while i was in Uni one day it went mad, i had that pain you described for virtually 12 hours straight, happening every 30seconds-2 minutes. Now i am not one to go A&E unless i have to but i went as soon as i could.

    The pains started at 9am (got home from uni at 4) and were still going when i got seen at 6:40pm.

    My ECG was fine, my heart was working fine, just a fast pulse, no doubt due to worry.

    He said it wasn't a muscle problem as it didn't hurt to touch my pec so he told me it was in my head (in a very patronising way, he spoke to me like i was 6 years old). Either way i was happy my heart was fine and it went away the next day only to reappear in short bursts every now and again.


    One thing he said to me was "if it was your heart, you wouldn't be here because the heart couldn't handle that for 9 hours". That is a good point and it also made me alot better. Keep that in mind too, if i can have it for 9 hours and be ok then you will be ok too, try not to panic.


    The fact you say it only happens when you lean on something especially points to muscle problems. Mine happened under no particular circumstances. However i did think it was muscle problems due to other parts of my chest hurting and some ribs too. It felt like random inflammations.


    One thing i did do was keep my left arm at my side at all times to stop my left pec or muscles around it moving. It can be awkward, i couldn't cuddle up with that arm or use it for sport but it really helped. I started off doing it constantly for 2 weeks and then whenever i felt a slight twinge. As i say it was awkward but it really helped.


    My advice would be to stay calm, don't panic, go to the doctors if necessary and take note of how your movement affects the pain and do whatever is best for it.


    Hope it stops soon.
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    Re: Sharp shooting pain under left breast

    Hi Yanks

    I have had this before and i put it down to trapped wind !

    Try taking some kind of indegestion remedy to see is it helps, i take rennies and they do help.

    Andrea
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