[french fries]

In the middle of my chestit lasts about 1/2 a second and it's super sharp and it hurts and scares me.this used to happen a few years ago and my doctor gave me a heart monitor and it showed nothing. Then the issue went awayNow the issue is backI'm 21 years old - female, and I'm only about 110 pounds 5 foot 4 so I'm not overweight or anything...what is this ???

[Tapestry6]

Could be angina, look it up on www.webmd.com, if it continues call your advice nurse or ER and tell they how old you are and doctor results from a few years ago.It also could be stress related you won't know until a doctor checks it out.

[~*T@YLO`R*~]

Actual pain caused by your heart is not very common in the middle chest bone (sternum) but possible.This is most likely costochondritis.Apply firm pressure to the area where it usually hurts and if that hurts, you have costochondritis. Tenderness in that area is another sign of costochondritis. Costochondritis is inflammation between the rib cage and the sternum. The pain is most common in the sternum but can be felt on the left and right side on top of the rib cage.When you have costochondritis, it can seem very scary as the pain can be sharp and intense at times.This is very common in young people and pediatric patients.It is the chest pain of 80% of teen patients also.However, women have less side effects of cardiac problems than men usually do.An ECG would not hurt anything but I don't think this is a complete emergency.Treatment for costochondritis pain is ibuprofen. You can not take Tylenol as it will not take away inflammation.This usually goes away within 6 weeks. It is very common for this to come and go in your type of population.Best of luck!