Anxiety Support Group
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Hey guys,
Does anyone get muscle twitches around the chest area often? Everytime I google chest twitching it has all this stuff about coronary artery spasms which is like a heart problem and I'm pretty sure I don't have that at 29 but anything possible. It never hurts it just randomly happens where my sternum or chest muscle tightens for a brief second twitches and stops. Anyone get those?
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1) muscle spasms which move rather randomly around my body. I can never predict which muscle set they will twitch from, chest area and internal organs included.
2) pleurisy where the tissues around my rib cage swell up, though my pleurisy is more of a sharp pain than a twitch.
Both are medical mysteries. None of my doctors have known the cause for either one, nor did they see either as a clear and immanent danger. Anti-inflammatory meds ease the pleurisy. Aspirin is typically enough for me.
It might not be a medical problem, but best to get it checked out by a doctor to rule out any medical issues. You might need to see a cardiologist and have them run some heart tests.
If it's not medical, then it's probably a muscle spasm, pinched nerve, type of thing. You said before that you are very active...do you work out, lift weights too? Could just be a pinched nerve from working out. But again, if this has happened more than once without explanation, then I would suggest having your doctor check you out. Could put your mind at ease, knowing what it is.