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What Causes Left-sided Chest Pain Despite Taking Ibuprofen And Pravastatin?

I started having pain on the left side of my chest around 8 hrs. ago. I was lying in bed when I noticed the pain. Pain has gradually gotten worse and is most painful when I breathe. Pain is better when sitting up rather than lying down. I tried ice pack and ibuprofen with no improvement.I am currently on pravastatin medication and have been for a few years. I also have schwannomatosis but never had these symptoms before.What should I do?
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Hello,

Left sided chest pain should always be evaluated for heart diseases first. So get done blood pressure monitoring, ECG and 2d echo. If all these are normal then no need to worry for heart diseases. Your pain is associated with breathing, so pleurisy (inflammation of pleura) should also be evaluated.

Get done a chest x-ray. If the chest x-ray is normal then no need to worry for pleurisy. Start calcium and vitamin d 3 supplements as deficiency of these can also cause similar kind of pain.

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

Regards,
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar
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What Causes Left-sided Chest Pain Despite Taking Ibuprofen And Pravastatin?

Hello, Left sided chest pain should always be evaluated for heart diseases first. So get done blood pressure monitoring, ECG and 2d echo. If all these are normal then no need to worry for heart diseases. Your pain is associated with breathing, so pleurisy (inflammation of pleura) should also be evaluated. Get done a chest x-ray. If the chest x-ray is normal then no need to worry for pleurisy. Start calcium and vitamin d 3 supplements as deficiency of these can also cause similar kind of pain. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar