Dear sir, I have a paint on my left side chest,...

Treatment of left chest pain

It is common type of pain affecting high percentage of people due to many factors and causes. Firstly , it is better to avoid stress and anxiety as you can as stress can cause like pain. Also, you have to avoid heavy works these times to relax chest muscles . Additionally, you

• can take analgesics like SEDPRIN Tabs three times daily to decrease chest pain
• Apply topical analgesic cream like FAST RELIEFE GEL three times daily
• Also apply hot packs to relax chest muscles.

It is expected to have symptoms improvement as you visit a doctor and all is normal

Investigations to do

You can start with blood pressure to be sure it is normal in your case in addition to that you can do CBC to exclude anemia which exacerbate chest pain and difficulty breathing. Also, do chest x ray to exclude respiratory causes. Cardiac tests as you did ECG you can also do ECHO for your heart

Causes of left chest pain

There are many causes like

• Stress and depression
• Chest muscles spasm
• Chest nerve pain
• Respiratory cause slike lung inflammation and infections.
• Cardiac causes like ischemic heart diseases

Advice

Do all mentioned tests to exclude medical causes and be relax