Center upper chest pain when breathing in/ bending over

Also, I am on minocycline, if that helps. I used to do detox baths, but CA is in a super bad drought, and I have been using other detox methods (circumin/turmeric, lemon water, plenty of leafy greens, detox teas-dandelion and ginger, dry skin brushing, milk thistle).

One more thing, I was exercising for a month, had to stop because I was overdoing it and the chest pain flared. The week before last, I cheated on diet for a few days in a row (I know, not good, but I'm human).

Maybe detoxing the toxic food and the bugs in combination is giving me these symptoms?

I just don't want it to be something serious, like clots in my lungs. 😭

HI, I am sorry you are feeling bad. If I were you, I would give myself a time line. Like if this is not gone or improved by a certain date, I will go check it out. That will, hopefully, allow yourself to relax! You need to relax about this. I have had chest pain thru out my sickness and stress made it worse.

I have come to think my chest pain is/was acid reflux. If this is your problem you can try HCL with pepsin. There is another thread about HCL on this forum. Also, check out this sight

http://scdlifestyle.com/2012/03/how-to-supplement-with-betaine-hcl-for-low-stomach-acid/

you have to slowly increase your dose to get to the right dose for your body.

sense you get worse pain when bending over, I think this may be your issue.

Good luck and I agree with your LLMD that this is digestive.

Yes I tried an Epsom salt bath and felt so dizzy and the pain was awful when getting out of the bath! I went straight to the ER (currently waiting) to be sure. The family and boyfriend were concerned, as was my boss.

It is good that you went to the ER.... you just have to know for sure that you aren't ignoring something serious. Please let us know how you are doing...

My first and most prevalent symptoms have always been in the upper back, shoulder and chest area. I agree with PeteZa that costachondritis causes shooting nerve pain into the chest that culminates at the sternum. That being said, I can't begin to tell you how many times I convinced myself that this time it was truly a heart issue. At one point it became so bad that I ended up in the ER as well. That visit lead to a cardiologist appointment and all kinds of heart tests. The conclusion was that my heart was fine.
I hope you discover the same about your heart.

I'm okay now everyone! Chest pain and stabbing leg pains have been coming and going (scary!).

These were my VERY FIRST Lyme symptoms after being bitten (almost exactly one year ago), and I, having no clue about Lyme, thought these symptoms were blood clots prior to diagnosis.

It's strange because the symptoms all lead to clots (stabbing pain behind knee, larger, more visible surface veins, swelling), but I got several ultrasounds and they were all fine.

I think the stress of the chest pain and the PTSD from being in the ER (I was in ER daily prior to diagnosis with crippling anxiety) probably made my Lyme flare again. It's crazy because my mind totally went to blood clot AGAIN!

Ugh. I wish Lyme & Co. would just stop messing with me. :/

Hi CSFunk!
Welcome to our community!

Does your daughter have Lyme and is still in treatment?

If you haven't yet, we do encourage all members to read through our 'New to Lyme' thread, as it's packed with helpful information!

CSFunk said...
NO she doesn’t have Lyme but that was suggested as a possible diagnosis at one point based on the similarity of symptoms. I would hope you as a moderator would want to help people get to the root cause of their health issues regardless of whether Lyme related or not?! You can read about it here in the link below. It is a real thing and presents with similar symptoms. She was diagnosed with drug induced lupus and vasculitis. After discontinuing minocycline (a know and proven cause) her symptoms went away after a short time.

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1065086-overview#a4

I'm not sure why at all you felt the need to state it that way. I don't see anything that I posted that would have 'caused' you to say this: " I would hope you as a moderator would want to help people get to the root cause of their health issues regardless of whether Lyme related or not?! "


This is a Lyme disease forum, so it's safe to assume that those that are here are here because either they or someone in their circle of family and friends has Lyme as well. You mentioned your daughter, and I did assume she was the one with Lyme, and I stand corrected (rather harshly though, don't you think?)

Do you have Lyme disease then, or someone else in your circle of family or friends? As I stated, this is a Lyme forum, and we do expect that those that post here are doing so because Lyme is an issue in their lives somehow.

If not, there are lots of other forums that pertain to those that have other issues, and as for my desire to help others, whether they have Lyme or not, why would you even question that???? I've been helping people like this for over 10 years now.

While I do agree with you that not everyone that finds their way to this forum actually has Lyme disease, we do our very best to not assume this either. We get no satisfaction from others going through this, believe me. If anything, we wish to prevent others from getting these infections.

Also, because these tick-borne infections are usually the ones being misdiagnosed, we listen/read carefully to try to help the person realize that it may not be Lyme, when symptoms are not clear.

With that said, this is a 2 year old thread, and I believe this poster has a positive Lyme test, and those are quite hard to come by, even for those that have these infections. This situation was resolved, as stated by the OP in the thread above your first post, and hasn't logged on here in over a year. I can't remember the details of every member here, but it's possible that this person has healed and moved on with their life.

We do watch for allergic reactions to the meds that are commonly used, as well. We are generally pretty quick to tell members to get to an ER when it looks like it could be an allergic reaction, or if there are other serious complications. You must have assumed that we didn't do any of these things?

Anyway, what it comes down to is I didn't understand what I said that you felt compelled to post those comments to me. I asked a very understandable question, since you are posting on a Lyme forum. I DO understand what you are saying, I promise - but those of us here have heard more than enough warnings about "it might not be Lyme" from many others in our lives usually. Many here have positive tests or have had a response to treatments that shows we have these infections. We get no satisfaction in seeing more members here.

I'd be willing to go so far as to say that we would be thrilled if there was no need for any Lyme forums, because these infections were recognized and treated properly from the start - but the truth is actually very opposite. Many still come to us with YEARS of agony, disappointment, and bullying from others because the "doctors said it wasn't Lyme" or the doctors don't know what it is (which is what happened to me). As I'm sure you know, leaving any infection, much less these infections, untreated only leads to tons of damage to the body.

While we will definitely appreciate your input, please do be sensitive to what WE have gone through as well.

READ your recent post and understand what you are saying. I’m very sorry that you all have to endure that. Again, I apologize. I’m glad she’s okay. I was very concerned because it was everything my child went through and as a parent I’m sure you understand how hard it is to see your children struggle with health issues and misdiagnoses. We too were told it’s not that, it’s this. I feel the take away from all this is to advocate for yourself and don’t take any diagnosis that doesn’t make sense to you as “the end”. These forums help a lot of people and so great of you to personally help so many.

I will tell her although after getting proper treatment and is doing really well! She too went through exactly what you’re saying here. Talking to her and reading these Lyme posts and the Lupus posts as well actually helped me a lot in the quest for correct diagnosis for our daughter. In many cases it just comes down to trusting your gut and not giving up. I’m not saying for a second we guessed where this would end up or “knew all along” but we did multiple times question “could it be” and got shut down which is really frustrating especially at the end when you think “well we asked if that was possible”. Lesson learned just because someone has letters after their name doesn’t mean they’ve seen and know everything so ask the questions and keep asking. When I questioned the practical medical practitioner (having given up on MDs) about his Lyme diagnosis I was met with the same resistance as questioning primary Lupus (instead of secondary in her case). They took it so personally and in the end were wrong which unfortunately as we are all human can happen. Reading these posts here helped me realize on the journey this wasn’t her issue so I’m so thankful for these posts. I was out of line and I’m sorry for that. You did nothing wrong it was all me. Thanks again and best wishes to you and all here.

It kind of depends on the drug. While those are the most common allergic reactions, some meds differ. I like to use these two drug checkers:
Note this one says it's for "Professionals" - it give more detailed information:
/www.drugs.com/professionals.html

/www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp

It's more about being willing to read as much as possible than knowing things by heart!