Pain in the lungs

[jsnichols23]

Hello,

I am suffering from a lot of anxiety that I am either going to have a heart attack or that something sinister is going on with my lungs. When I turn my head left or right I get a deep pain in my upper right back/chest. It occurs in some cases with a deep breath as well. I have been to the doctor twice. The first time, they prescribed my amoxicillin for possible pneumonia. I was taking that for about 3 days....and my pain was still there. I went to the ER. They gave me a chest XRAY, did a full blood count. All kinds of tests to see whether I was having heart issues or an issue with the lungs. All the tests are normal. They simply said to continue taking the antibiotic and get rest. They believe it is pleurisy.

I guess I am just worried they could have missed something. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[The Worried Well]

A common problem we have with HA is that we believe the medical professionals "missed something". We have to fight that. A chest x-ray would show any serious problems with your lungs..it did not. Pleurisy, if that is the cause is not a serious problem what with antibiotics. Testing you had related to your heart also proved normal. It's hard I know, but try to let this go. There might be simply a muscular element to your discomfort.