Heart sensations

[poolger]

My daughter has been having sharp pains in her heart for a couple of years now, she describes it as being like little electric shocks, also it can occur when she turns to the side or if she coughs or gets out of bed, she went to our GP who said it was panic attacks without even carrying out any tests, she has had a panic attack before and says it definately isnt them, so any ideas what it could be?

[redcrx]

tell her to go to another GP for second opinion.
How does she know its her heart causing the pain?

[bunny29]

There are so many things that can cause chest pain. It's probably least likely to be the heart, actually. It could be acid reflux, asthma, etc...
If she is concerned she should see another doctor. Doctors are way too happy to diagnose things as stress.

[poolger]

She is just presummig it is her heart because once she had real intense pain for about 15 minutes and she couldnt breath properly as everytime she inhaled the pain was so bad.

[Supernick]

Does she get them in any other part of her body? I remember that I used to get something that sounded very like this, although I never went to the doctor. It would be like a needle had just been pushed into my heart, and I would stop dead in my tracks, scared to breathe anything other than the most shallowest of breaths because any movement prompted the pain again. It would probably happen maybe once every couple of months, and then after a couple of minutes it would be gone, but I haven't had one in years.

The reason I ask if she had them anywhere else, is that I would occasionally get that feeling in other parts of my body, like my stomach or kidneys, and it seemed to be for no reason. I would just roll over and it would strike.

I would get a second opinion from a doctor, but I always presumed that it was just some sort of nervous system misfire in my body, as they came and went so fast.

[redcrx]

could be her lungs rather than her heart.
Get her to go again and next time she has pain for 15 mins and is unable to breathe get an ambulance.
Better safe then sorry

[4getmenot]

I get a shoulder pain. sometimes had me in tears, real strong pain then just a dull ache as I try and sleep. How old is your daughter?

[joko]

i get exactly this.
it is a piece of cartligde that has shifted and occasionally seems to trap a nerve, which is worsened by breathing.

short shallow breaths and stretching of the rib cage should release it.

i would still double check , but this is what it is with me

[4getmenot]

Mine usually happens around time of the month, so my doc said its actually connected to my ovaries swelling up, How I have no idea.

[poolger]

She is 20, it just seems to be her heart/chest that is affected. Supernick you describe her symptoms almost exactly so thanks for the help.

[spudqueen]

I had almost exactly the same symptoms as Supernick when I was in my teens. I went to my doctor who diagnosed it as neuralga (more commonly associated with the face I think). I would get it every few weeks and when it was occuring I couldn't move for fear of the pain. It must have happened for a couple of years and then stopped as suddenly as it started.