My chest keeps tightening?

[Pars101]

Its been happening since I was 15, but recently more.. like a couple of times during the day, it just feels tight and like it has pressure on it or something no shortness of breath should I even be worried?? is this even the right place to discuss this? proberly not, but im not seeing the doctor over this I would feel way to stupid if its nothing which is proberly the case!!

 

[modern buddha]

Have you been using your chest muscles a lot? Doing a lot of pushups or bench pressing, etc.?

What do you normally eat during the day? Are you overweight?

 

[lcrlover]

I get like I can't quite take a full breath sometimes & it will actually hurt if I do try to take a full breath, kinda like a muscle spasm. I've had this for about 30 years, Dr said it wasn't serious. Anything like your trouble?

 

[KillCops]

Its probably anxiety related.

Go see your doctor.

 

[lulzkiller]

Could it be asthma?

 

[addictivepersona]

^ It could be something to do with asthma. It could also be any number of things. Your best bet is to see your doctor about it. While you may not want to go to the doctor just for this issue, bring it up at your next physical.

For what it's worth, I used to have really bad chest tightening like you've described when I was smoking cigarettes.

 

[CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT]

^ It could be something to do with asthma. It could also be any number of things. Your best bet is to see your doctor about it.

^This.

I say it all the time when responding to threads like these, but we can't diagnose you when we can't physically see you. Not to mention most of us have random occupations, and are completely medically unqualified.

Go and see a Doctor, please. Then let us know the outcome.