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Recently I have been having these chest pains. I am only 16 right and I am not "fat" as it were but every now and again for the past week or so I keep getting these chest pains. It feels like my heart is siexing up or something. Like it is trying to pump something that is a lot thicker than blood through it but it's sturggling. Everytime it happens I get a wee bit short of breath and I feel all those things in my chest.

The strangest thing is it happens even when I'm just sitting doing nothing. I don't know if it is just a random thing that's happening but I was wondering if I should see the doctors about it. I don't want to because as I said I'm only 16 and amn't fat so I can't imagine that it's anything of remote seriousness. Just wondering if it happens to other people though and what you would do in my situation?

Recently I have been having these chest pains. I am only 16 right and I am not "fat" as it were but every now and again for the past week or so I keep getting these chest pains. It feels like my heart is siexing up or something. Like it is trying to pump something that is a lot thicker than blood through it but it's sturggling. Everytime it happens I get a wee bit short of breath and I feel all those things in my chest.

The strangest thing is it happens even when I'm just sitting doing nothing. I don't know if it is just a random thing that's happening but I was wondering if I should see the doctors about it. I don't want to because as I said I'm only 16 and amn't fat so I can't imagine that it's anything of remote seriousness. Just wondering if it happens to other people though and what you would do in my situation?

Sometimes i get chest pains and it feels like i could be having a mini heart attack or something, but i just pass it off.

I had pains in my chest as well and I am only 20 I have had them before and they were just indigestion dunno if thats what you have. best see the doctor.

Sounds like mild palpitations.

Stop writing about it on a forum and go and see a doctor.

Mild what's?

Oh mild irregular irregular beatings of the heart. (Thank you dictionary.com heh) That doesn't sound too bad. Must happen to lots of people all the time no?

Palpitations.

"Do you ever feel like your heart skips a beat? It feels awful and you wonder if something is wrong with your heart. There are actually many different reasons for this. When it feels like your heart skips a beat or starts to beat differently, this is called a palpitation or arrhythmia. Some arrhythmias are a temporary adjustment of the heartbeat. Other causes are more serious.

Symptoms include but are not limited to:

-rapid or irregular heart beats
-skipping beats
-fainting
-dizziness
-a feeling like the heart is jumping out of the chest
-shortness of breath

Avoiding stimulants such as nicotine, illegal drugs and caffeine, may alleviate your palpitations. Further investigation by your doctor is suggested if palpitations are recurrent and/or if you have symptoms mentioned above."

Still, best seeing a doctor though just to be sure

Cub!st wrote:
> Oh mild irregular irregular beatings of the heart. (Thank you
> dictionary.com heh) That doesn't sound too bad. Must happen to lots
> of people all the time no?

Yeah, but if it's started happening regularly then go and see your doctor - better to be safe than sorry.

I have a similar problem. I should go and see a doctor, but I prefer instead to surf the internet and trawl up any information I can on anything remotely similar, leaving me somewhat vague ideas of what it is.

I've feel my heart 'skip' a beat quite often, I've discovered this is when your heart pumps with no blood in it. Rather disconcerting.

I worry about going to doctors though, in case they tell me something awful, and instead I'm trying to slowly regain my fitness by gradually increasing training sessions.

I'm sure this is completely unrelated to your problem though.