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Summary

Having a pain in your chest can be scary. It does not always mean that you are having a heart attack. There can be many other causes, including:

  • Other heart problems, such as angina
  • Panic attacks
  • Digestive problems, such as heartburn or esophagus disorders
  • Sore muscles
  • Lung diseases, such as pneumonia, pleurisy, or pulmonary embolism
  • Costochondritis - an inflammation of joints in your chest

Some of these problems can be serious. Get immediate medical care if you have chest pain that does not go away, crushing pain or pressure in the chest, or chest pain along with nausea, sweating, dizziness or shortness of breath. Treatment depends on the cause of the pain.

Start Here

  • Chest Pain (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

  • Heartburn or Heart Attack: When to Worry (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
  • Stress Tests From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

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  • Chest Pain: First Aid (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

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  • Costochondritis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
  • Heart Inflammation From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Also in Spanish
  • What Is Angina? From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Also in Spanish

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  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Chest Pain From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)

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  • Article: HEART score for the assessment of patients presenting to emergency department...
  • Article: The association between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio and chest...
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  • Pain Consortium From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

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  • Chest Pain in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
  • Chest Pain in Kids and Teens (Nemours Foundation) - In English and Spanish Also in Spanish
  • Costochondritis (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

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  • Chest Pain in Kids and Teens (Nemours Foundation) - In English and Spanish Also in Spanish

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  • Chest pain (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

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  • Chest pain
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  • Angina
  • Heartburn

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