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Question: Upper right chest pain near breast bone radiating into neck

bonedogs1 - Thu May 17, 2007 7:24 am

I am a 40 year old white male. I have pain in my upper right chest when breathing. Feels like it goes into my neck area when it is bad. When I push on the whole area, I canot reproduce any pain. Today is the 5th occurence. It lasts about 3-4 days and it has been about a month between each episode. The pain can be very sharp. The 3rd time it happened about 2 months ago I went to emergency and had all the heart work done including a stress test. Everything was normal. I'm not positive but I think I am getting Headaches from it. At least this time I do and it won't go away. Don't remember one the last times. I am otherwise healthy and have had no trauma to the area. Have never had any problems with breathing before. No family history. I work out somewhat regularly and run 2 miles 2x a week. No problem there except when this is going on. Then the pain is unbearable during the deep breaths. Seen my doctor and he has no idea. Thanks to anyone who can guide me in any direction. I am starting to get worried.

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