I get chest pains where the pain transfers to my arm (around the elbow side but more from the front)... it feels like someone is pulling out what's inside of my chest. Then I get a chill throughout my body, and that been happening for the past four hours (few times with shortness of breath), it comes and goes, and now it feels as if I have hot flashes. I am also soo tired. I don't know why this is happening. My LLMD did put me on some pain meds, but I don't think they are working.
Does anything else work with this? Does it happen to you? The pain is more on the right area, and right arm.
Thanks. (btw, I been sick for just a year, and I never got chest pains that move into the arm area like that)
Posted by luvema (Member # 26650) on :
The pain is sooo bad right now... I can't get out of bed..
Posted by luvema (Member # 26650) on :
it's hours later, and the pain is still going...
Posted by 2young2die (Member # 25434) on :
did you call your doctor? You may be having a heart attack. Lyme can cause Heart Block, which paralyzes a ventricle of the heart. I would go to the ER is I were you.
Posted by luvema (Member # 26650) on :
young2die...
That's freaky...
I still have the pain. It been all day.. doesn't sound like a heart attack.
Posted by littlebit27 (Member # 24477) on :
Heart attack pain can last all day and in fact for days.
I have chest pain-I've been to the ER for it more than once. It always ended up OK but still it's nothing to play with.
Posted by jwall (Member # 22999) on :
I have lots of chest pain. It comes and goes. I had it for about 3 days in a row over the weekend and even sat straight up in bed screaming "ouch", "ouch" over and over again. I had a blood clot last month - I have a picc line. I believe I had another clot. My Dr. increased my blood thinner and now my chest pain has subsided.
I would definitely go to the ER and have it checked out ASAP. I believe a heart attack would radiate into the left arm?? I'm not sure. My left side hurts into my arm. My Dr. also said it could just be neurogenic pain from lyme, but always best to have it checked.
Posted by Forgetfulgirl123 (Member # 27939) on :
I have chest pain like this whenever I treat certain infections. I've been to the ER for it, had heart scans, EKGs, etc. but they never find anything.
Usually it's when I treat babesia, viral infections, or candida.
Like jwall's doctor, my doctors have also said that it could be nerve/neurogenic pain. For me, it's also inflammatory and can sometimes stem from "trigger point pain" or myofascial pain points on my body. For example, my whole ribcage area gets inflamed (costochondritis), and if I press around my back near my right shoulder blade, I'll find a muscle knot or an inflamed area, and if I press on it, the pain radiates into my chest, down my arm, and up my neck into my jaw.
What's your heart rate doing? Does sitting in different positions make the pain worse? Is it worse when you sit or lay against your back or chest?
Hope you're feeling better today.
Posted by luvema (Member # 26650) on :
I am not on any treatment yet. I called my doctor today, and she told me to increase my pain medication.
Posted by luvema (Member # 26650) on :
To this day I still have the chest pains...
I got an EKG done yesterday, and it was normal.
Posted by Paul Mall (Member # 27581) on :
I get chest pains on my left side and down the left arm. heart checked out ok on numerous occation during the pains
because your pain is down the right arm I would not suspect heart attack
but if you get extreme shortness of breath or swelling of the ankles then I would be concerned
Paul
Posted by luvema (Member # 26650) on :
The pain is actually moving to the left side now .
Posted by luvema (Member # 26650) on :
The pain is moving to the left side now. Would I get a heart attack at 19?!