Chest pains driving me nuts!!

hi blessed,

ditto. I have had a lot of chest pain in the past. I too had a full workup. perfectly fine. they will not find anything if it is Lyme. it could be inflammation. I think that's called costochondritus (spelling?). I was once treated with ABX and that time it went away. the point is, it can be many things but if it's Lyme, they won't find it.

I've gone to the ER thinking it was a full on heart attack. so now, I just breathe and tell myself that it will pass. I've come to recognize the feeling. but, of course, you should visit the ER if pain intensifies.

Don't stress though and don't be scared. I think it makes it worse.

Great, there is literally an ad for heart attack risks on my screen at this moment. Don't they know this doesn't help people with anxiety issues??!! haha.

Same here. Like Leilex and blesseddinky, I too went to the ER and had it checked, wore a monitor for a month and had a cardiologist do all sorts of tests and all came back negative.

I have since learned that it is a problem with my digestive system. I seem to suffer the most whenever I eat something that irritates the lining of my GI tract. I also have it when i wake up in the morning or when i do some sort of activity that carries the acid up into the upper part of my stomach. When this happens I get a burning pain in a specific spot, something like when you get lemon or salt on a wound.

To find out if this is what you are experiencing, try liquid Gaviscon (don't get the tablets) the next time you get the pain. Follow the gaviscon with a drink of water to make it foam in the stomach and esophagus. If it is your digestive system you will feel relief in within two minutes.

I have felt terrible just like many of you. My approach is a little different than most and I focused only on results. If I feel bad, I try something to make me not feel bad. If I could exercise, I would exercise. Unfortunately, I was unable to exercise so the only variable that I could control was what I ate. I narrowed my diet and kept a food log of everything I ate. If I didn't feel better, I changed what I ate again even if it meant eating the same thing over again. I read books by Joel Fuhrman and Thomas Rau and experimented with what made me feel good. I can tell you this, meat made me feel bad (too much ammonia production). I researched the content of the foods that made me feel good and those foods contained high levels of Arginine. Another food that I benefited from was high in phosphotidylcholine. Another was high in Vitamin K. So I eventually learned what helped and what didn't. I can eat dairy, but I could tell my GI flora suffered. Each of you should begin a journey to determine what helps and what doesn't. I don't like eating organic spinach all the time, but if it keeps me from feeling like I felt before, I'll do it. Some people do well with fasts. They're not easy, but being sick isn't easy either.

Chest pains over the heart and into left shoulder and then down left arm is how my first symtoms were.Then palputations set in for several yrs.But anyway i had stress test and a heart cath done.Other than mild hypertrophy i was o.k.Ive tslk to another person and it started in the chest also..it been many years since i.had chest pains,but everything else is drivinge nutjs..pain pain etc. good luck wayne

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My chest pains when they come on, suck so much. I feel a sharp pain in my heart area.. I haven't had that feeling for a bit though, thank god.

Violeta said...
Georgia, meat causes me problems, too. I can get away with more dairy than meat, but it does cause problems, too. And beans are a no no. What do you eat for protein?

I still eat meat, just in small amounts. Depending on our body mass, we only need about 50g a day. That's a far cry the the 1gm/lb of body weight I used to eat when I weight trained. The mountain gorilla eats nothing but plants, I think they get plenty of protein and are strong enough.

You may have a CBS mutation if the beans are causing you problems. Some people can still eat beans if they chew them more. We don't think about chewing when we eat, but they have to reduce the particle size down small enough so that they can be digested before they ferment.

As for the chest pain, mine was a costochrondrosis and since inflammation is the source, Borrellia could certainly help cause the problem. Mine occurred before I had the severe case of Lyme. I know exactly when mine occurred because I picked up an empty glass tea pitcher and that's what hurt it.

Hi its costrochondritis. Ive had it and it feels like you are having a heart attack. I think it is fairly common with the strains of Lyme circulating around now bc I hear people on here complain of it often. Improves with antibiotics. Hope you feel better soon.