I feel this very, very faint pain in my heart... is it a potential problem?
594699
Go the Doctor. Worrying will make it a lot worse
1012234
Could be your gallbladder. I felt like I was having a heart attack.\n\nHope you find out soon.
373284
Actually, it sounds like you're having anxiety attacks.  The symptoms of anxiety attacks often mimic heart attack symptoms and can, therefore, be really frightening.  It's sad that there's a doctor who doesn't seem to take you seriously and who makes you feel like you're just imagining your symptoms.  My advice is to find another doctor and specifically ask about anxiety.  There are medications that can help.
153717
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.
347143
what feels badly?\nlet me know then maybe i can help
490892
I had this too, so i went to my doctor who sent me to get the 24 hour monitor attached to my chest. It turned out to be ectopic heart beats, i have tablets for it, i don't need to take them really but it stops me feeling the missed beats which is what i didn't like. I was told not to worry about it, but when it's your heart you do worry. The only time i feel it now is when I'm really tired. Don't be afraid, go to the doctors and get it checked. I'm 43 and I've had it for about 10 years. Being overweight doesn't help either, so if you are then try losing a bit. Hope this is of use to you.
598483
See your doctor.  Chest pain is not something to fool around with, period.  It might just be anxiety, but it could be something a whole lot worse.  Go to your doctor and put your mind at ease.
317219
TIME....thats the only answer im afraid.it will get easier in time.but for the moment its a big pain in the heart.im 37 mate & i still get those feeling from 4yr ago.hope this helps a little.take it easy for awhile..
909441
I'm freaked out by needles too but it never hurts even though I always think it will.  I just had to give blood last weekend and it just felt like a very little pinch, no pain at all.  Don't worry about it, just breath deep and look away.  You'll be fine!
102464
go to the doc and ask for a stress test.. you should'nt get short of breath so easily... it could be heart related but could also be anxiety related too.. go get it checked out!
486381
No, an echo is only an ultrasound scan and is non-invasive.  What you are probably experiencing is stress caused by your worrying about the echo.  You probably have furred up cardiac arteries and the stress is causing them to narrow further and giving you the pain (angina!).\n\nYou seriously need to see your doctor and ask about having an angiogram, it could be that you either need antiangiotensive medication, an angioplasty or even a coronary artery bypass graft.
102520
maybe your sensitive and emotional.and im sure there is someone who can understand you.try to understand exactly how your heart feels that way it will be easier for you to tell people how you feel.so you wouldn't get hurt that easy.
1141699
Best bet is to go to the ER when this happens....also there are a few other things that it could be ....but there are many things that go into diagnosing a heart attack....cardiac enzymes,ekg's physical symptoms....but just from the little that you describe it doesnt sound cardiac in nature....what are you doing when this happens?Does the pain move around or change when you change positions? Are you under stress?What is your age??If you're in your 20's for example  its highly unlikely that its cardiac at all though it can happen...There is also a esophageal problem that can mimic a heart attack or feeling of one...best thing to do is go to the ER or call 911 when this happens....the only way to definitively tell if you are having a cardiac event is by many tests including labwork,ekg's,stress tests etc....so next time it happens instead of coming here and asking the question  call 911....
480192
I'm not sure if what you said is related to what is happening to me because i sometimes fell like that my heart hurts really bad and it seems like an arrow went in... but i don't want to go to a doctor eighter because I'm kinda scared but i heard that when you get older something happens so i would go to the Doctor.
451081
Yeah I have. But I get blood clots periodically, so I know that that pain is from a blood clot blocking the oxygen flow to my heart.\nI hope you don't have the same problem I do!
765525
no, this is too low of a stimulus or intake if it was to be a cause, you could talk to the doctor for possible causes of the exact heart beat problem, good luck
143914
its when you feel your heart beating to hard and could sometimes be a bit painful but not always .