I have had, for the past 3-4 days, chest pain that comes in segments lasting no more than 3 seconds at a time. It happens regularly, on both sides of the chest. The day it began I remember eating my food too fast (barely chewing). The same day I went to run, but a few seconds after I began, heart pain stopped me. Every time I started running, it would start again, so I had to walk home. (Walking was OK). About 2 days later, I thought it had passed, so I took another try at running. This time I was able to run for about 10 minutes, but after some time the heart pain took me and again lasted for the whole exercise session. I didnt go running since then, and now regulary every 1-2 minutes I get light - medium 2 second pains around my chest area.
Hello, In my opinion, you should definitely consult a cardiologist and get done blood pressure monitoring, ECG, 2D echo and stress test (trade mill test). If all these are normal, then no need to worry about heart diseases. Sometimes simple muscle spasm can also cause similar chest pain. So apply warm water pad on affected areas of the chest. Take simple painkiller like paracetamol or ibuprofen. Avoid movements causing pain. Avoid heavyweight lifting and strenuous exercise. Don't worry, you will be alright with all these. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.