What Causes Right-sided Pain In The Chest?

Posted on Fri, 28 Apr 2017

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Question : hi I'm having chest pain my right arm feels tingling took 2 aepains but I still have that aching pain in my eight side of chest

Answered by Dr. Dr Sameer Maheshwari (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Need further evaluation

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome.

This is Dr. Sameer, Cardiologist.

Your chest pain does not seem to be cardiac. It looks like a muscle pain & aspirin won't decrease the pain. Take a mild painkiller(eg. Tylenol) and the pain should decrease.

Cardiac pain is generally on the left side of chest & radiates to the left arm. It increases on exertion & decreases on rest. It is nonlocalized (i.e. it is diffused). It does not decrease with a pain killer.

But I'd still recommend you to get an ECG done to rule out any associated cardiac event.

Let me know if I can assist you further.

Thanks and take care

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee