I am a 29 year old female. i am healthy and work outregularly. i get a mild jaw pain that comes and goes. i haveno arm or chest pain. could it be heart attack?

Unlikely.: Jaw pain, especially if it occurs more in the morning can be due to biting down or grinding your teeth. It can also be produced by dental work that alters your bite, though the intermittency of your symptoms suggest things like teeth grinding or biting down from stress. Your heart does not share nerve supply for sensation of your jaw so heart attack unlikely. Also, it is very rare in a young woman.

Least likely: Although jaw pain can be a symptom of a heart attack, i think you would know by now if that was the problem. There are much more common causes of intermittent jaw pain. See a dentist for an evaluation of other common causes.

Need further testing: Jaw discomfort can be an atypical presentation of coronary heart disease, but further testing should be done before concluding that. A stress test, perhaps with echo or nuclear imaging, should be considered. Would be best to run this by your primary care physician.

Prob not: Young mensterating females with no other risk factors would be unlikely to have underlying coronary artery disease.