Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group

Not me, but I'm sending you warm hugs and hoping everything is ok!
And good luck with grad school - I remember those days as being fun but terrifying too.

Lynne

Thanks Lynne!

I have chest pain periodically. My Internist and my Pulmonologist relate it to asthma. A month ago I was in the hospital with a flare up of asthma which led to Pneumonia. Because of the chest pains I was having and some of the blood tests they ran, I went through quite a few heart tests, with a stress test as the final test. The doctors agreed that my heart was healthy and that I had a 1% chance of having a heart attack. So, knowing that, I just try to breathe through the chest pains when they come. I change my position, and work on relaxation techniques. I will be thinking of you as you see your doc. I hope that your answer is as simple as mine.

Thank you for sharing, LDGO. My mother had asthma as do my brothers. Hmmmmm.....

yes i get chest pains sometimes and a few times i woke up in the middle of the night. i no what you are talking about. i told my rhemy about it and she just looked at me and ask is it all the time. i told her i know it shouldnt be there. cause before i got diagnosis that was one of my first symptoms along with shortness of breath that i never ever had before and i excersise i worked an the lung doc is going to tell me maybe im just decondition i said what the he!! or you talking about ive been excersing and lifting weights for years something is wrong i never went back. so i had a stress test done they couldnt find anything except for i was having palpatiations and put me on meds. i got so frustrated i call them ask them what i was taking this for if theres nothing wrong with me. at that time i was like 35 im 40 now and every now and then i still get chest pains and its scary. so really i dont no why its happening i just no how you are feeling. sorry so long

Could be Pleurisy which is common for RA. I've had pleurisy many times for long lengths of time.

I hope you get better soon!!
hugs,
Sarah

I have had chest pain on a number of occassions and have had my heart thoroughly checked out a couple of times. My heart seems perfectly healthy. I have noticed if I have allergies and drainage, or if I get stressed and have indigestion that i get left sided chest pain and it radiates up my neck. I was going to have surgery to remove a melanoma on my leg and the anesthesiologist came in and requested an ekg. He came back in afterward and said my ekg showed that I had had a heart attack so he sent me to the cardiologist instead of the operating room. That was when I had a second round of tests which showed no abnormalities. We think that maybe there was some muscle spasm in my chest that showed up like a heart attack on the ekg. I have just kind of gotten used to the chest pain coming and going.

Mine are caused by costochondritis which I had about 9 months before my RA dx - it stayed with me for nearly a year but is mostly gone now. Where the ribs meet the sternum. Rest and advil was what was prescribed (before my dx)

YES, YES. I have had chest pain too, it usually coincides with a flare for me. Definetely get it checked out, I would also considered seeing an allergist and getting a pin prick test to gauge just how allergic your are. It sounds like you are having some bad symptoms, so don't dis-count the "itchy lungs" you could be having a more severe reaction than you think. So get tested.

I hope you find relief soon.

Dawn

I thank all of you for your insightful comments! I am sorry that you each have gone through so much and am grateful that I am not alone and in the company of people who both understand and care. Thanks again! I'm going to see my doctor tomorrow and get this checked out. I'll follow up with a post when I get an answer to this mystery.