my friend says it hurts his throat, chest, arm, on his right side when he breathes in or bends over.  He's 25!
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He's obviously faking it for attention.
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It would be very unusual for a 19 y.o. to be having coronary problems.  You say your chest feels tight when you lie down at night.  I wonder if it isn't just chest wall pain from your workouts.  You say you get short of breath when you run, and you develop a pain in your lower left chest then.  I don't know how bad your shortness of breath is.  You can simply be short of breath running, because you are overweight or out of shape.  Chest pain of a heart attack or angina usually presents right in the middle of your chest as a pressure type pain, not off on the left side like you describe.  I would be more concerned about a valvular heart defect, than coronary disease.  Have you ever had a heart murmer?  I'd recommend you go and get a good physical.  He should listen to your heart carefully for any murmur.  He should get a chest xray and a resting EKG.  If there is any question of a murmur, I would get an echocardiogram.  The chest xray as well as the echo, together with the physical exam would make sure you got a normal size heart and no valve abnormalities.  The other thing he might want to get is a treadmill EKG, to see if when you have those symptoms running, there is any change in the EKG to indicate ischemia. You didn't say what your weight was. If you are overweight, I would recommend walking, rather than running, at least until you take off some pounds.
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i really don't think there isn't anything wrong with it.  this person may have pain and in that sense may be holding it in a way that is comfortable.  i hold my arms close to my body when i am having pain, but the person stops when ppl look at him or her suggesting that they may be trying to hide it. i would keep an eye on this person to be sure that there aren't any other signs of sickness and/or complications.
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Do you have a cold, flu and are you running a fever? Does your chest hurt or does it hurt when you breathe in deep? More than likely, you have the cold or flu with sore throat. If you think you have a hard time breathing, if pain persist and headache is getting worst, call 911 or go to your nearest hospital as soon as possible.
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I once had something close to your injury.  It hurt to breathe, but I was able to still workout.  Just like you I could only inhale so much air before it hurt.  My chiropractor told me my "rib was out."  I let him adjust me, and it was instantly better.  If you don't believe in chiropractors, then I would definitely follow up with my doctor.  Your lungs need to expand, so breath as much as you can!  I think it is fine to use your arm on that side of your body, but if possible keep the chest wrap on.  Unfortunately for the ribs and surrounding muscles, you have to wait for them to heal.  If your pain is still severe go back to the doctor and make him/her give you something stronger for the pain, and maybe even suggest an MRI???
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Sounds like a throat infection
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my shoulder hurts with yours. Sometimes a persom is tense without realizing it from a variety of possible causes. One man in jail, after reading the gospel of John, was free from his depression and attempts at suicide. Somtimes swinging the arm from a bent over position (trunk supported, of course!) Is jour life in a rush? Do things bug you? I will pray for you.
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It could be gas or air, or pleurisy - fluid around your heart.  It could also be more serious.  If it persists you should get it checked out.
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It could be.  Could be from overuse, too.  You could also have an independent reason for the sore throat, such as strep throat or a viral infection.
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Well, Im a girl and Im having the same sort of problem.  Sometimes Im culd just be talkign adn when I breath through my mouth I could have sharp pains in my chest.  It feels like a pin or somthing and then it hurts to brethe for a few seconds, but then it's gone.  I dont get it often, but sometimes it happens.  My sister says its no big deal and that it is probably just cramps.(She is NIQU nurse or however you spell it, but she worked with other things too)
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what concerns me is the "lump" that you feel in your throat, it could be obstructing your upper airway, so you try to breathe in harder -- and your chest feels tight because of too much negative force exerted when inhaling. \n\nwhen you talk, does it sound "muffled"? have you had any fever recently? that "lump" you feel in your throat, does it hurt?\nthis kind of symptom sounds like something that we would see on a 3-year-old child with epiglottis -- but since you're already using the internet, im guessing that you're already an adult or a teenager, (which epiglottitis is not common among). you should definitely have that checked out. speak to your physician, and let him/her know about your breathing problems as well. he/she should be able to recommend some tests done to you.
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Definitely see your doctor.  Tightness in the chest is not something to mess with!
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Sometimes its a breathing problem, my ex boyfriend had similar things and they usually occured at night between 15 minutes to 2 hours. He got X rays and tests done once and they said he was healthy. No one can really explain it. If its longer than 2 hours. Go to the hospital. It can be scary. Heidi
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Make sure that u dnt hav any lung disease.\nU mush hav hurt sme where on ur chest n forgot, may b.\nIf both sides of ur rib cages hurt it means its nt localized problem. Its a generalized problem causing pain in ur rib cage.\n\nThere may b pulmonary oedema, osteoporosis, heart disease etc....\n\nIts impossible 2 diagnose, what exactly its 4m!   \nIt needs personal appointment with ur doc. \n\nPain r of many types. Which type of pain do u feel? Which all areas r involved. \nBy just saying ribl cage there r millions of causes....\n\n\nBetter u go 2 ur doc......\n\nGod Bless!.......
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As someone who, like your friend, developed heart failure in middle age (I was 49 at the time), I can tell you that his life expectancy is directly related to how well he takes care of himself.  And that, of course, is bad news for your friend.\n\nAs you realize, he is doing everything wrong.  The shortness of breath would be relieved if he lost weight, gave up the cigarettes and dropped the sodium.  I don't know what medications he was prescribed, but probably at least one of them would help him shed the fluid that may be getting into his lungs and making it harder for him to breathe.  \n\nIt's no wonder he is always fatigued.  How would anyone feel if they have reduced heart function and reduced lung capacity?\n\nAs to his other meds, there are wonderful drugs now that can lighten the load on his heart and make it easier for the heart--the part that's still funtioning--to do its job.  If he doesn't take them, he is overstressing the working portion of his heart as it tries to do the job of the entire organ.  It can't, at least not without help.\n\nThe nausea is a very worrisome symptom.  That one suggests angina, which sometimes comes out that way.  His poor heart, overworked as it is, may be sending out distress signals which are perceived as nausea.  \n\nDepending on how much alcohol his is consuming, daily drinking may or may not be a problem.  One or two drinks a day (NO MORE, and NO doubles) actually seems to benefit the heart.  But some people think that if one is okay, four must be great.  It's not.  The beneficial aspects of alcohol completely reverse if you have more than about 2 drinks (just one for a woman).\n\nOverall, this man needs to go back to his doctor and lay all his cards on the table.  Could he be depressed and "giving up"?  That is very common with heart patients.  He needs to tell his doctor *everything* he is doing and not doing, and why.\n\nI believe that patients have rights, and so does your friend.  But he also has children, which means he has a responsibility to be around for them until they are well established on their own.  If he lets himself die while they are still young, they will never fully forgive him.  What's worse, he will have missed out on seeing them grow up, which one of the best parts of life.\n\nGood luck!!
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I AM NOT A DOCTOR, but I did have, had the same systems a year ago.  I thought I was having chest pains and panicked.  Went to the ER, after my trying to explain the pain, (different country) and after an eternity found it was not my chest, but my lungs, I had an ammonia, (walking)  After a couple of days looking back since I am an older person, and if anyone has that little tickle (cough) in their throat check it out. Also dander from pets. Sorry pet lovers I have birds, dogs, cats, the list goes on because I live in the country..\n\nI also felt something different for at least a couple of months, but did not think anything of it, just a tickle in my throat\n\nHonestly I thought it was chest pains, but turned out to be my lungs.  Because I described where the pain was the doc's where checking out the heart, took like eons for them to know it was the lungs. Once x-rays and everything came back they started treatment, am grateful to be alive now.
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The cough is  probably making your ribs ache.  After a month, no wonder.\n\nWhooping cough is a possibility...I mean, the guy is a doctor.  He should schedule an X Ray though, just to check for pneumonia or pluerisy.  And if it is whooping cough, he ought to be giving you antibiotics!\n\nhttp://www.webmd.com/hw/raising_a_family/hw65686.asp