Posted on Jun 14, 2023
Does anyone else get a knot in their mid-chest area that is highly painful?
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I continue to have chest pain issues since leaving the Army back in 2004. I have had heart stress test and doctors do not seem to know what the issue is. Does anyone else get a knot in their mid-chest area that is highly painful?
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Yeah, Like the others are saying, Upper G.I. testing is in order. I was carrying sub-lingual nitro tablets for about 6 months before they finally figured out it was GERD and Ulcers.
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Have you had a barium swallow or Esophagoscopy to check for ulcers, pyloric spasms, etc.?
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SGT Loren Hammons
No, they have told me muscle spasms, but I have had those before, and this does not feel the same!
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SGT Loren Hammons
I have taken the Barium Swallow and the Esophagoscopy from the VA. The Pain in the chest is center chest a little to the right and comes on suddenly. It feels as if there is a tight muscle and when I raise my hand above my head and use my other fist to lightly pound the knot it goes away.
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Maj Robert Thornton
SGT Loren Hammons interesting symptoms. In some ways the way you describe it sounds like some sort of muscle spasm. Other ideas would be costocondritis or a wild stab could be gall stones. Sounds like you need to continue to look for the root cause, maybe look for another doc.
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