Bad chest pain while jogging?

I should have mentioned that I'm a white male, 26 years old. No real health
problems besides the average stuff. My dad passed away from a heart attack
about a year ago. He was 67. He had diabetes and the medication he was
taking did extreme damage to his kidneys.

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Hi

First let me say that I've already scheduled an appointment with a doctor
but I'd like some other opinions before I go. I'm an avid jogger. For

the

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past 2 months after about ten minutes of jogging I develop a terrible pain
on the left side of my chest. If I stop for 20 or 30 seconds it goes

away.

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I've just started having some stomach issues like acid reflux that I've
never had before, so I thought it might be that but I'm not sure.

I also thought it could be my lungs trying to catch up with the rest of my
body but I've never had weak lungs and they should be tuned to the way I
run.

This is starting to concern me.

Can anyone offer any opinions?

Thanks so much

Jon

Pain that comes on with exertion and eases with rest is suggestive of a
cardiac problem.

Seeing a doc is obviously the first place to start. When you made the apt.,
did you tell the desk that you were having chest pain with exertion? Also,
your age, smoking history, family history and any other medical problems or
medications you are taking could all tell part of the story. Depending on
your community, it sometimes takes weeks to get an apt. I, personally,
wouldn't wait that long.

If it were me, I would call back and ask when the soonest you could have
treadmill scheduled. I hate to be neurotic (it is in my nature) but there
is so very much one can do to preserve heart muscle before a heart attack.
And, if you are like me, you will worry until you have a clean bill of
health.

Aren't I just a little ray of sunshine🙂 Sorry.

j

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Hi

First let me say that I've already scheduled an appointment with a doctor
but I'd like some other opinions before I go. I'm an avid jogger. For

the

Quoted message said:

past 2 months after about ten minutes of jogging I develop a terrible pain
on the left side of my chest. If I stop for 20 or 30 seconds it goes

away.

Quoted message said:

I've just started having some stomach issues like acid reflux that I've
never had before, so I thought it might be that but I'm not sure.

I also thought it could be my lungs trying to catch up with the rest of my
body but I've never had weak lungs and they should be tuned to the way I
run.

This is starting to concern me.

Can anyone offer any opinions?

Thanks so much

Jon

Well, I'll sleep easier knowing that you are only 26.

It is very rare for someone so young to have a heart attack, but it is not
unheard of, either. There are other reasons that you could be having pain
related to your heart besides blockages, though. I still vote for a
treadmill.

After the treadmill rules out anything horrible, you and your doc might
consider Reactive Airway Disease which is uncomfortable but hardly life
threatening if treated properly. I'm sure there are other possible causes
but my interest wanes after heart stuff is ruled out🙂

j
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I should have mentioned that I'm a white male, 26 years old. No real

health

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problems besides the average stuff. My dad passed away from a heart

attack

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about a year ago. He was 67. He had diabetes and the medication he was
taking did extreme damage to his kidneys.

"Jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi

First let me say that I've already scheduled an appointment with a

doctor

Quoted message said:

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but I'd like some other opinions before I go. I'm an avid jogger. For

the

Quoted message said:

past 2 months after about ten minutes of jogging I develop a terrible

pain

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on the left side of my chest. If I stop for 20 or 30 seconds it goes

away.

Quoted message said:

I've just started having some stomach issues like acid reflux that I've
never had before, so I thought it might be that but I'm not sure.

I also thought it could be my lungs trying to catch up with the rest of

my

Quoted message said:

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body but I've never had weak lungs and they should be tuned to the way I
run.

This is starting to concern me.

Can anyone offer any opinions?

Thanks so much

Jon

I am no doctor, but I would take it easy if I were you, until you have
a doctor check you out.

Bob

Jon said:

Hi

First let me say that I've already scheduled an appointment with a doctor
but I'd like some other opinions before I go. I'm an avid jogger. For the
past 2 months after about ten minutes of jogging I develop a terrible pain
on the left side of my chest. If I stop for 20 or 30 seconds it goes away.
I've just started having some stomach issues like acid reflux that I've
never had before, so I thought it might be that but I'm not sure.

I also thought it could be my lungs trying to catch up with the rest of my
body but I've never had weak lungs and they should be tuned to the way I
run.

This is starting to concern me.

Can anyone offer any opinions?

Thanks so much

Jon

Jon said:

Hi

First let me say that I've already scheduled an appointment with a doctor
but I'd like some other opinions before I go. I'm an avid jogger. For the
past 2 months after about ten minutes of jogging I develop a terrible pain
on the left side of my chest. If I stop for 20 or 30 seconds it goes away.
I've just started having some stomach issues like acid reflux that I've
never had before, so I thought it might be that but I'm not sure.

I also thought it could be my lungs trying to catch up with the rest of my
body but I've never had weak lungs and they should be tuned to the way I
run.

This is starting to concern me.

Can anyone offer any opinions?

Thanks so much

Jon

Exertional chest pain should always be evaluated by a physician for a possible
cardiac source.

--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
http://www.heartmdphd.com/