Pain feels around the heart

[Megan1357]

Hi so long story but I’ll try keep it short. I’ve suffered with chest pain since September, daily chest pain. I’ve had two ecgs chest x rays and blood tests at the time to rule out heart attack. I am 30. All came back clear. I kept going to Doctors who said we don’t know but your heart is fine I’m looking at it in this x Ray, still didn’t feel me with comfort as my chest was hurting majority of the Day, I agreed to take anti depressants for my anxiety which has actually helped with my chest pain but I do still get it every other day just nowhere near as bad or for long. Today I’ve woken up and I almost feel like my heart aches. Sounds daft but that’s it, my heart hurts. I have been told that the chances are if it’s my heart the center of my chest will hurt because that’s where the nerves are. Any suggestions?

Lots of things can cause chest pain. Asthma (which you can have without wheezing, cough or silent asthma), Addison’s disease, thyroid problems, anaemia. What other tests have you had done? Blood tests?

I had severe chest pain for months and was eventually diagnosed with anaemia, addisons and asthma. I’m 37.

I had blood tests last month and was borderline anemia, doctor is repeating this month. That would make sense. Thank you so much!!!

Could it be heartburn? Have you tried antacids?

Anaemia causes the most god damn awful chest pain. I’ve been standing in the kitchen making a tea and had a terrible squeezing sensation. So painful and then it would pass! I had aching chest pain every day. I drove myself crazy thinking I was going to have a heart attack and drop dead. To the point my doctor put me on anti depressants for anxiety! With the iron tablets and my other meds it’s gone away now. I hope you manage to find out what’s causing it, if it is iron levels thankfully it’s eqsily treated.