heart pounding

[NickThw 0]

Hello everybody, i hope you are well,

For a year now, everytime i go to bed i have pounding heart, and through the day upper left back pain

i was really scared for obvious reasons,

About 9 months ago i ve done multiple cardiograms, blood test chest and back x ray, 3 ekg, even put a holter monitor,

everything came out good, for the past 2 weaks my upper back pain came back with chest pain as well

(my phyciasian told me that the pain is caused from scoliosis and poor posture, i doubt it),

Today i went for a short run, i used to be extremely active, but for the last years im not,

When i completed a mile i started having chest pain when i breath, like a niddle in my upper chest, when i stopped it went away.

That scared me a lot, but i dont want to visit doctors again unless it is necessary.

I am 25 year old, male, smoker with no family history of heart problems.

I would really appreciate your opinion,

thank you for your time.

[MARC 431]

Any chest pain can be stressful. I am sure you have been told not to smoke.  My wife once had chest pain, sweating and she threw up. She thought for sure it was her heart. She went to the ER. She was released from the ER as it was not her heart. It turned out to be a stomach polyp which got tangled up and caused the pain, which was uncovered by an EGD. So this shows that chest pain is not necessarily heart related. 

[NickThw 0]

Thank you for your answer, I have this for a year now I never done an end, just an abdominal ultrasouns, is stomach polyp an emergency? Or life threatening? 

[MARC 431]

Odds are you don't have a stomach polyp. I would discuss your symptoms and concerns with your physician and then possibly a mental health care provider who may also help you feel better. 

[jonathan123 2368]

HI. Nick. 

(my phyciasian told me that the pain is caused from scoliosis and poor posture, i doubt it),

Now why would you doubt it? Do you know more about illness than your doctor? Have you been to medical school? This is a major problem in health anxiety because we doubt so much. The doubt so often stems from the fear that 'they' may have missed something. Now this is extremely unlikely these days because if they get it wrong their livelihood is at stake. When we lie down at night we can concentrate on our heart, and what seems to be pounding is no more than this. Some sufferers can't sleep on their left side because it accentuates the feeling. You have had almost every test possible, so begin to tackle the anxiety and not your supposed heart problem. ACCEPT that for the time being this will happen, but it's really no big deal, although it may seem so to you. We are bluffed and fooled by Mr. Anxiety and his box of tricks. Anxiety can mimic any known disease if it's in your mind.  If you didn't already know about it you wouldn't worry!! Calm ACCEPTANCE is still the answer, although difficult it does produce results. 

[Doug97 19]

I had exactly that when I was your age, it was chostrocondritis.