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Brief Answer:
Not likely to be anything serious

Detailed Answer:
Hello, I'm Dr. Branch, thanks for using Ask a Doctor. There are many causes for chest pain, including heart, lung, musculoskeletal, and stomach causes. Chest pain that comes from the heart, such as a heart attack, usually happens when you are exerting yourself, lasts for 5-20 minutes, and goes away with rest; it feels like a pressure that sometimes radiates down the left or right arm. Pain that comes from the lungs usually is made worse when you take a deep breath, and normally you will also have shortness of breath or cough. Musculoskeletal pain can also be worse with deep breaths, and sometimes you reproduce the pain by pressing on the area that hurts. Finally stomach causes of chest pain usually are from gastric reflux, and feel like a burning.

I don't have a lot of information about your chest pain, but given your age, heart causes would be very unlikely. You didn't mention any breathing problems or burning, so I would suspect a musculoskeletal cause, such as costochondritis, as the most likely cause. For this you can treat it with anti-inflammatories such as Ibuprofen, and usually it goes completely away within a few weeks.

I hope that helps, if you would like to tell me more about the chest pain, I can comment more about that, or if you have any other questions, I would be glad to discuss it further with you as well.

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Brief Answer:
Nothing urgent

Detailed Answer:
It doesn't sound like anything you would need to be seen urgently for. I would wait and see if it goes away on its own, but if it persists, or you are concerned about it, you could go to get evaluated.

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