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I am 16 years old but having chest pain it feels like my heart is just tightening up, it last long sometimes but it just come and goes?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Chest pain: Though unlikely serious conditions can present with the reported symptoms;you need to be fully evaluated by your physician.
Answered 7/2/2014
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1% chance is heart: Push on the chest wall, and if the pain is reproducible, it's not a heart problem. Also, if the episode is brief, or the patient can move around and participate in activities, it's not cardiac-related. This could result from muscle strain, pulmonary problems or gastroesophageal reflux, anxiety, but the least likely reason is the heart . At 16 y/o, only 1 percent is of cardiac cause.
Answered 7/2/2014
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