Chest pain

[commonsense]

I've been having right sided chest pain for about three months now. I have a trapped nerve in my neck do I think it may be related. If I sit in certain positions, such as leaning back, I get a click inside my chest (right), it's like something locks and it's the most horrific pain I've ever felt. I have to adjust position immediately for it to go away. This happens regularly. I am a smoker. I feel as though something is growing in my lung (maybe paranoia). I've also started getting pins and needles in my legs whenever I use the toilet. Is it serious? I did go to my dr about my trapped nerve and they told me to comeback in a few weeks if it hadn't gone but I've had it for 8 years so felt as though the dr should have realised it wasn't going away on its own.

[mallyh]

you should go to the doctors its obviously worrying you .

[commonsense]

I know, I'll make an appointment on Monday. I did try to google it (stupid idea) but there's nothing about the clicking feeling at all.
I hoped maybe somebody here might be able to offer an explanation.

[gordie1]

I had a trapped nerve in my shoulder and neck on the left side and every time I got a pain there I used to think it was something terrible I went to see an osteopath and he recommended a massage and I had one yesterday and it feels a heck of a lot better

[237SJ]

When you get the clicking pain, is it so bad that you can`t breathe because when you do, it`s as if someone is sticking a knife into your lung? You end up breathing really shallow because you get the pain when you breath deeply. I`ve had that all my life but I get the click when it clears.

[commonsense]

It's like being stabbed with a knife through my back to the front of my chest usually when I've exhaled

[commonsense]

Thanks gordle I do think it's related to my trapped nerve. I suppose I need to get back to the dr!

[ruthandsam]

The signs and symptoms sound like something my hubby has had. Don't know about the pins and needles though, that could be related to the trapped nerve. However, hubby is a smoker and doc did chest xray and was diagnosed with the following. He gets it a couple of times a year and has been treated successfully.

Hope you are feeling better really soon and that your appointment goes well!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurisy

[jno]

souns more like a trapped nerve or twisted rib (I say twisted, it only needs a millimetre). I'd be looking for an osteopath.

[Sqad]

Well it certainly doesn' t sound like a heart problem or indeed a lung disorder.......certainly not cancer or pleurisy.

My bet is that it is a costochondral problem......a muscular and cartilaginous disorder.....no big deal and it should be relieved by NSAIDs such as Ibuprofen

[Anngel]

Do not take anything. Go to the doctors. Do not let them palm you off with come back in a few weeks/days/years. Insist on a consultation. Goodluck

[rsvp]

you've had a problem that worries you for three months now - what is the problem with going to your GP?