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Suggest Treatment For Frequent Chest Pain

Hi, I am a 54 yo female and I have been having occaisional chest pain for a couple of years. The pain is in the upper left chest area and feels like dull to sometimes sharp relatively concentrated pain. It usually comes on after stress or excercise. I had a traditional stress test a couple of years ago, but there were no irregularities in my ECG. I just had a Nuclear stress test with the same results. Today, I walked on my home treadmill for 30 mins and my chest pain returned. That was 3 hours ago and my chest is still tender, especially when I breathe deeply. I am trying to research this so I can stop worrying about heart problems that do run in my family. I just found info on the condition costochondritis . What do you think? Thanks, Dianne
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Hello,

If the ECG is normal the symptoms are probably related to costochondritis. Costochondritis is an inflammation of the cartilage of the rib cage.

I suggest using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen (Motrin IB) or naproxen sodium (Aleve) which are available over the counter.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Dorina Gurabardhi, General & Family Physician
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Suggest Treatment For Frequent Chest Pain

Hello, If the ECG is normal the symptoms are probably related to costochondritis. Costochondritis is an inflammation of the cartilage of the rib cage. I suggest using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen (Motrin IB) or naproxen sodium (Aleve) which are available over the counter. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Dorina Gurabardhi, General & Family Physician