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  2. 11 causes of chest pain that aren't a heart attack - AOL

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    Another possible cause of chest pain that you can reproduce easily is costochondritis, which happens when the cartilage around your ribs becomes inflamed, the Mayo Clinic says. And it most often ...

  3. Chest pain - Wikipedia

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    Chest pain is pain or discomfort in the chest, typically the front of the chest. [1] It may be described as sharp, dull, pressure, heaviness or squeezing. [ 3 ] Associated symptoms may include pain in the shoulder, arm, upper abdomen , or jaw, along with nausea , sweating, or shortness of breath .

  4. Pleurisy - Wikipedia

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    The defining symptom of pleurisy is a sudden sharp, stabbing, burning or dull pain in the right or left side of the chest during breathing, especially when one inhales and exhales. [9] It feels worse with deep breathing, coughing, sneezing, or laughing. The pain may stay in one place, or it may spread to the shoulder or back. [10]

  5. What It Means When You Have Chest Pain That Comes and Goes - AOL

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    Chest pain runs the gamut from achy and dull to sharp and stabbing. It can vary from person to person, even if the cause is the same. ... You might assume a heart attack causes only sudden chest ...

  6. Precordial catch syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The underlying cause is unclear. Some believe the pain may be from the chest wall or irritation of an intercostal nerve. [1] [2] Risk factors include psychological stress. [2] The pain is not due to the heart. Diagnosis is based on the symptoms. Other conditions that may produce similar symptoms include angina, pericarditis, pleurisy, and chest ...

  7. What Chest Pain on Your Left Side Could Mean - AOL

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    Chest pain is also an early symptom of shingles, a painful, blistering skin condition that occurs when the same virus that causes chickenpox is reactivated in the body. (The blisters, which tend ...

  8. Pericarditis - Wikipedia

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    Sharp, pleuritic, retro-sternal (under the sternum) or left precordial (left chest) pain Crushing, pressure-like, heavy pain. Described as "elephant on the chest." Radiation Pain radiates to the trapezius ridge (to the lowest portion of the scapula on the back) or no radiation. Pain radiates to the jaw or left arm, or does not radiate. Exertion

  9. Here's What To Do If You Have Pain on the Right Side of Your ...

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    Unfortunately, the answer is quite broad—there are so many medical conditions that can cause pain in the chest. It can be as simple as a pulled muscle or as complicated as pulmonary embolism ...