so i went to the doctors again and he recommended some physical therapy for the "rectis" muscle its underneath the rib, his guess is that i tore it a long time ago and it flares up when agitated. like for example i went snowboarding up north and when i got back the pain was pretty severe... just the motions and some pretty serious skiing agitated it to where it hurt real bad.. so were trying this physical therapy it hasnt hurt since my first post so well see how it goes
I experience this "bubble" pain from time to time. When I have it - it usually only hurts (sharp pain) when I breathe in really deep. It's caused by a sliding hiatal hernia. I will get the pain sometime after eating alot of food or eating too fast. Also in combination with working out at the gym (mostly jumping, running type stuff). My mother has the same problem and swears that potato chips do this to her. Google Hiatal hernia - its annoying but not too serious.
I know that this post was written a long time ago but I wanted to comment on it anyway. A few months back I woke up in the middle of the night not being able to breathe. It wasn't because I couldn't get enough air but it was because my chest hurt so bad that when I breathed in it felt like a very sharp pain. I was really worried and went to the ER. The doctor on call listened to my lungs and diagnosed me with pleurisy. Pleurisy is basically when you have fluid between your lungs and your rib cage and that's what causes it to hurt when you breathe. This was just my experience with chest pain that I had. All it took was a trip to a doctor and him listening to my lungs to figure out the problem (I had no xrays done). I think that if you are experiencing chest pains that you should see a doctor because it could be serious.
i had a very bad pain it started in my back then moved to the front under my right rib cage. i vomited 2 then went to the er and he did a test called the murphy test and found out it was my gallbladder.. i had gallstones and also gallbladder disease. i had my gallbladder taken out and im better easy procedure..
This is all very useful information. Thanks for posting everyone, it will help me with behaviors to lessen the impact of my chest pain.
This is really helpful, i thought i was the only one with this problem. It was really hard to sleep last night, had to sit in my couch the whole night because the pains felt like someone stabbing me, breathing in really hard to do too, it hurts alot. Is there anything I can eat/drink to take this pain away
That is really common for me; it comes and goes in periods of days or weeks. For me it feels like a very sharp pain when I take a deep breath...and then after that the desire to inhale deeply gets even stronger! I know it to be a "stitch". A stitch (or what I know of it) is a tightening in your muscle, and when your lung presses against it, it cramps up very fast...or something like that. I know it is not serious and my friends and family all get them. Yeah, it sucks, but it helps to have a little knowledge on what it is.
I had this problem when i was younger, it was diagnosed as heart murmur, which is when the tendons in your heart are not strong and blood mixes from un-oxygenized and oxygenized blood. I grew out of it, but still experience 'attacks' every now and then. Ask your doctor about it. Get an mri of the heart or ekg? ...
For those with sharp pain with breathing...
Another alternative to costochondritis (which I've also had) is PLEURISY. That's an inflammation of the lining around the lung, and it causes similar pain (although with me, the costochondritis pain, if I remember right, was closer to the sternum and in between the ribs; with pleurisy, my pain has been the lower half of my ribcage, but with referred pain to the shoulder and also the abdomen, the latter because apparently the pleural lining on top of the diaphragm was involved.) I just wanted to mention the pleurisy diagnosis as it apparently is not that common and can be missed. On top of the sharp pain in the ribs, you can also feel a kind of rubbing feeling of the lung itself when you have pleurisy. / btw, you can also a 'plerual effusion' (liquid between the membrane that lines the lung and the one that lines the ribcage; sometimes present with pleurisy, sometimes not; sometimes present w/out pleurisy). They don't do anything if it's a small amount. But if it's alot they have to drain it or it can collapse the lung.
Hope you're all feeling better!
Another alternative to costochondritis (which I've also had) is PLEURISY. That's an inflammation of the lining around the lung, and it causes similar pain (although with me, the costochondritis pain, if I remember right, was closer to the sternum and in between the ribs; with pleurisy, my pain has been the lower half of my ribcage, but with referred pain to the shoulder and also the abdomen, the latter because apparently the pleural lining on top of the diaphragm was involved.) I just wanted to mention the pleurisy diagnosis as it apparently is not that common and can be missed. On top of the sharp pain in the ribs, you can also feel a kind of rubbing feeling of the lung itself when you have pleurisy. / btw, you can also a 'plerual effusion' (liquid between the membrane that lines the lung and the one that lines the ribcage; sometimes present with pleurisy, sometimes not; sometimes present w/out pleurisy). They don't do anything if it's a small amount. But if it's alot they have to drain it or it can collapse the lung.
Hope you're all feeling better!
wow i hope you feel better now
hi i'm 41 and i have a sharp pain as well in my right side of my rib cage, its hard for me to breathe , move, and do everyday functions. I've been to the ER because this happened before and the doctors could't find anything wrong with me. I was kept in the hospital for a whole week because they seemed to think it was my appendix because my white blood count was elevated two times the normal amount, which indicated i had an infection that could not be located. i don't know if this has anything to do with this I always have blood in my urine, which i have had tested and was a waste they couldn't find anything. I am also a pack a day smoker. Also my belly becomes very extended. I have a tough time with my bowel moments as well.
I get this pain a lot too. A very sharp pain comes along and then when you breathe its so painful, almost feels like your lung is ripping? Or just feels incredibly tight and as if you cannot breathe any further.
I have had this for quite a while now, on and off for quite a few years. But today has been really bad, since I woke up which was 11am until now (and continuing...) which is 00.49 it has been happening.
Hope it is nothing serious tbh, but if so, I have wondered wether it be a collapsed lung?
Hope not, seeing as ive had it for years =/ x
I have had this for quite a while now, on and off for quite a few years. But today has been really bad, since I woke up which was 11am until now (and continuing...) which is 00.49 it has been happening.
Hope it is nothing serious tbh, but if so, I have wondered wether it be a collapsed lung?
Hope not, seeing as ive had it for years =/ x
i have that exact same problem. only my pain started in my lower back on the right side and the doctor said that it might be from a pulled muscle. well that is all well and good, but the so called "pulled muscle" did not get better, as they usually do. no this pain has migrated to under my rib cage on my right side, and it hurts to breathe, it hurts to lay down, to laugh, sit, walk. what do i do. and i do have kidney disease, but they did catscans and mri and nothing showed up. my stomach has become very bloated and i am wondering if i should go back to a different hospital for a second opinion, because in my opinion if it were as simple as a "pulled muscle" the problem should not be getting worse but better. i have had it almost everyday, this pain, going on two weeks. im so frustrated with doctors i dont know what to do????? i was in the hospital for a week and they could not find a single thing wrong with me. although they said it could have something to do with my pancreas. is there no test for that???
I have a problem like that I started feeling that pain when i was 9 years old I am 15 years of age right now and I have this pain in my chest somtimes ill just be sitting down and this pain in my chest starts hurting mostly in the left side of my chest. I have no idea what it is I have tryed going to the doctors to get it checked but to much money that I can not afford for a x ray. But thats not all the pain I feel I also get these masive head aches and they keep getting worse. I faint at times and I wake up with blood on my face. I dont know if its just from my lungs or anything. But somtimes I cough up blood I wish I knew what was wrong. I dont take any medicin. I have never smoked in my life. I've never done drugs ever. I dont know whats wrong with me. Can someone help me out on that?
Does your parent(s) know about this?
You need to go to the doctor right away....insurance or not!
You need to go to the doctor right away....insurance or not!