Chest pain under the left breast bone... angina or Costochon

Im 20 year old female. I've been having the same pains below my left breast for as long as I can remember. Its never been very bad, on a pain scale of 1-10 Id say it was about a 4, and never lasted longer the 30 seconds to 1 min.
I almost forgot about them, havent had them in a year, but today it reminded me, ever so kindly. Only this time it was a 9 on the pain scale. Went down on my knees, short breaths, crying, the whole shabang. And it lasted about 30 mins this time, but I can still feel it if I breath to deeply. Also sent pain out into my back left shoulder and the left side of my neck this time. Left side of me is completely sore now.
Im guessing many factors could play a part in mine. Im always stressed out. I was born with a heart murmur (but it has never bothered me before), recently found out I have Scoliosis and a bludging disk.
I may end up going to see a doctor about this if the pain stays this bad. Its just nice to know there are others of you out there who feel my pain. :P

I am 35 years old and having the same problems for about 2 weeks now, I had this a few months ago and my doctor just told me it was a pulled muscle and gave me some steroid meds and it went away. This time its allot worse, the pain is under my left breast bone above my ribs the pain have moved back to my neck and back rib cage one day and just keeps moving to different parts of my bod, I cant ever wear a bra right now. My ears are crackling all the time from sinus and my doctor told me I have Costochondritis and gave me a shot of a Steroid to help with the pain yesturday- It hasn't helped yet. My problem now is when I eat or drink I feel the pain more intense by my heart. What is wrong with all of us, can someone just give us an answer.

Costochondritis - Inflammation of the breastbone tissue. It occurs mainly in young women and can spontaneously go away on its own accord. The only way of treatment is anti-inflammatories.

I have had this for about 5 years now and have also had steroid injections in my chest to help reduce the pain which has helped. The pain can get so bad that apparently can be equivilant to a heart attack.

See your doctor and ask for anti-inflammatories. I am also prescribed Amitriptyline for controlling the pain when it comes. Hope you all find this useful if you havent already found something.

Hi, I had similar problems.  I used accupunture and it helped.  It is expensive $75 to nce in 2 yrs.

$100 plus consultation fee $60ish. but you only need 1 consult fee.  Had the pain more and more

often, used accupunture and on

I used to feel a pinching pain on my left side,it used to come and go anytime.I went to my doctor 7 she said "do not play with your breasts so much,they are very delicate,it's a muscular pain".But this was about 3 weeks ago.Now I feel pain under my left breast if I press that area!!.Well I've changed my diet.I hope this would help by God's willing.Diet:Canned Tuna,1-2 teaspoons flax seeds on salads,cranberry juice,lentil soup with boiled rice or pita bread.eat food low in salt & fat.Don't drink coffee & cola..they contain caffeine.Be happy & relax.Don't wear tight bras with under-wires.Eat fruits & veg.Drink 8  glsses water daily if you don't have kidney problem.....I hope one day we will get rid of all the pains !!! Good luck.

I'm a 20 yr old male and I've been dealing with this problem since I was about 14. Numerous doctors said my heart's healthy, ECGs all said my heart and blood were healthy, X-rays show up normal, so I dunno what it is. I know I had a tough teenage life and it started when I first started off getting depressed. When I would get too happy or too sad it would start up. I'm passed all that now, but then the left side of my chest started getting swollen and firm with the pain. It's not like a lump, more like one side got ripped over exercise while the other side remained normal, or at least that's how it looks and feels. I stopped exercising and the pain went away but then a weight took it's place. I started exercising again and the weight went away but everytime I do CERTAIN exercises that are cardio related like jumping jacks, the pain comes back after a while, while doing it. My chest gets firm as well, only the left side. I just came back from working out, I had to stop this time as well cuz I couldn't fight the pain any longer. I'm really worried cuz I drink at least 12 glasses of water a day, take vitamins and work out regularly. Doctors have told me over and over again that i'm healthy and fine so I don't know why this is happening to me and it scares me sometimes because no-one knows what it is but something HAS to be wrong because it's not normal. The pain is on the left. Can be on the right but rarely, and the center sometimes as well but again...rarely. Mostly the left. Since I'm kinda buff you can CLEARLY see the left side bigger than the right after I work out. Someone help me please, it's been over 6 years...

Me too, have had sharp stabbing pains generally on the LHS of my chest by the breatbone. They can be extreamly painful at times and stop you in your tracks. They also sometimes stick aorund for a while and then pain comes and goes when breathing.

One thing I have noticed is that on most occasions it is after eating food or drinking fizzy drink. I did have an endoscopy and they found a hietus hernie which can be related to reflux. At the moment, the suggestion is that it is reflux of acid that is getting into the pipes and causing a sudden pain.

I always used to think it is going to be a heart attack everytime I get it, which did send me into a state of stress which just made things worse. If you have ever suffered from stress you will no how bad that is.

What I can say is that I have had this pain for over two years - so if it were a heart attack I think I would be on my back by now!? .... but it still does not conclusively answer what the problem is. The doctors have said that it can be more painful than a heart attack, and the fact that I have high colestrol and previously high blood pressure does always make me think twice.

My advice, loose some weight, try to do some moderate exercise and try to cut back (Not cut out) those fatty foods.

Good Luck

 

 

 

Me too, the problem started before two years when I was working in my master dissertation. I wonder if this problem happened because I was drinking a lot of coffee and stimulation drinks at that time.

Have the same pain and it took the drs 10 years to find it out. I have had my gall bladder out ten years ago and the pain got even worse I am now on slow release morphine at lease once a month to kill the pain. The drs said it was my heart did all the test and nothing wrong with my heart then I was told it was ibs get on woth it, now its chronic pancreatis I dont drink much but it is connected to gall bladder removal they think a stone had fallen out and is lodged somehere im having an op soon so will keep u all posted to see if the pain goes, Also research has been done on pancreatis being related to cystic fibrosis gene and my son has c.f and I am a carrier so hey ho we love our NHS not!!!!!

exactly the same syptoms pain worse after my gall bladder removed been diagnosed after ten years of pain with chronic pancreatis get it checked out asked your dr to refer you to a heptabillary clinic where you can have apancreatis scan it will defo rule this out or in as they say good luck dont take no for an answer it took me ten years of being called aliar by drs and a druggie cos morphine is the only thing that kills the pain now i am on slow release morphine

i am 16 years old and i am a male. i have been sick with a cough and recently today i found that my left breast rib sticks out a little bit from my chest. i went to a doctor check up on my sickness (not my rib) "because i didn't know about it at that time" and they said that im down for 10-14 days on some aerial infection in my lungs "i think" i don't know what it was called or know any thing about it. and the worst thing about the check up yesterday was that i was checked for the flew (which means a LONG Q-tip gets shoved way WAY up my nose) lol it tickled so bad. 

I had an ultrasound as well after several bouts of pain and agony which led to the hospital many times...the last time because the hosp suspected a appendix they gave me a catscan...came back negative for appendicitis but positive for GALLSTONES!!! In fact so bad I have to have my gallbladder completely removed!! Ultrasound does not always diagnose or detect gallstones and I too also have this under the left breast pain which is why I was looking up this article!

i have similar symptoms. only i feel a pop. i understand when you all say inhaling makes the pain worse, it does. i have experienced this pain since i could last remember and when i inhale deeper and deeper gradually the pain begins to go away faster until today actually i just sucked it up took a large deep breath and felt a pop and IMMEDIATELY the pain went away! it was odd and has made me want to see a doctor.

I have the same pain...it was severe enough that I could barely use my left arm.  Then the pain moved to the right side, but seems to be decreasing some now after taking meds for acid reflux and for irritable bowel syndrome.  My doctor feels that there is an underlying issue, and has ordered a colonoscopy.

Hello everyone I am male 26 y.o and a Nurse from the Philippines.I have also encountered thesame pain too on my left ribs and sometimes few cm. above my breast, a sharp sudden pain that would last for 10 sec. or more. I Have undergone all laboratory test related to my heart and all have the same results it's negative. I ask my massage therapist about it and he said that is an air trapped on your muscle and would also sometimes create muscle twitching on affected area, which is true on my case. So after he massage therapy actually full body. The horrible pain didn't return for sometime now. Just avoid too much stress and exposing to cold weather especially at night he said. I hope this would help.

 Before trying to go a therapist make sure they are professional on what they are doing because were talking our own body and health here. Cheers :-D