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Chest and shoulders hurt. Hurts more to breathe?
Female. 18. Sometimes I will take in a quick breath and I will get a sharp pain in my chest, feels like my heart, but it will go away quickly. But right now I am having pain in my chest and shoulders. I hardly slept from it. It is more internal pain than anything else. Could this be anything serious? What is wrong with me?
PS. I have been around my grandpa, a smoker, all my life. He lost his battle with cancer in Feb.
Thank you.
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If you are still having these pains pick up the phone and call 911.
Chest pain that extends into the arm and shoulder are not something to to brush off. None of us are doctors and we can't make a diagnoses. Only a doctor after using the proper diagnostic tests can tell you if you are having muscle spasm, anxiety attacks or something more serious.
For know though if in fact you are still suffer pain as you describe and shortness of breath call 911. A trained paramedic dispatched by 911 can make an initial evaluation and start treatment in the field as they transport you to the hospital. So please call 911 now.
If the pain has subsided for now and you are not having any trouble breathing; either call your family doctor or go to a walk-in clinic or hospital emergency room for an evaluation. This is not something to be put off to a more convenient time. Do it now.
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It would be in your best interest to see a doctor at an ER tonight and get these symptoms checked out at the hospital and dealt with. You should not at 18-years-old be having chest pains that ebb and flow, breathing problems or severe shoulder pain.
All we can do here is hypothesize and not give what you truly need-- swift medical diagnosis at a hospital as it sounds like an emergency and advice. If we even hazard a guess and got it wrong that could be detrimental to your health but something doesn't sound right.
Definitely, check this out as it's something big screaming out for attention at you that is an issue of some sort but magnitude not known yet. Don't leave it as it could get worse. You should check it out a.s.a.p at an emergency room.
As far as your grandfather probably unrelated but again all of this needs to be discussed with a doctor. If you are having chest pains, shoulder pain etc. etc. that keeps coming and then fading like you indicated bypass the doctor's clinic and go to an emergency room pronto as I'm stated more than once here. If anything gain some piece of mind.
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