Experiencing Mild Chest Pain. Should I Visit ER?
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With your description of the symptoms of mild chest pain in the center of your chest and pain on pressing the bone in the middle of chest, the pain is looking like some local cause origination from the muscle and the bone pain.
The possibilities are the muscle spasm and chostochondritis, which is the inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs to sternum.
The other possibilities are 1. reflux esophagitis with acidity, 2. chest pain due to anxiety, and 3. cardiac pain.
Local pain due to muscle and bone, requires analgesic medication and rest.
Pain due to acidity requires antacids like proton pump inhibitors like omeprazole.
Chest pain due to anxiety is relieved by the anxiolytic medications like alprazolam or diazepam in prescribed dosages.
Cardiac origin of pain has to be ruled out by doing appropriate examination, blood pressure monitoring, and investigations with EKG and 2D Echo after the advise of your Physician.
So I advise you to consult a Physician for the examination and to evaluate the causes of your chest pain and its appropriate management.
Hope I have answered your query, if you have any clarification please let me know.
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Yes, I advise you to consult your doctor as early as possible to get examined and investigated for your symptoms.
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Wish you get relief from the symptoms soon.
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