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  • male
  • 30 Years
  • 22/01/2025

I've been having this weird chest pain for about a month now. It gets worse when I'm lying down, breathing deeply, or exercising. I tried taking muscle relaxants for three days, and it helped a bit, but now the pain's back. It's not unbearable, but it feels really uncomfortable and tight when I try to take a deep breath. What could this be, and what should I do about it?

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do one chest xray

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Consult a Cardiologist

Answered 04/07/2025

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I'm a 27-year-old male, and I've been having some pain on the left side of my chest along with pain in my upper back and sometimes in the left side of my neck. It's been a real mixed bagsometimes it's a dull ache, other times it's much worse. About a month ago, I had an ECG, ECHO, and TMT done, and everything came back normal. My lipid profile and high-sensitive troponin levels were normal too, and even my chest X-ray didn't show anything unusual. But this has been going on for the last 10 months now. I'm trying to figure out if this pain might be related to my heart, my lungs, a muscle issue, or maybe just gas. Should I think about repeating the heart-related tests, or what do you recommend as the next step?

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