Sometimes when i breathe in I get a really sharp pain in my left lung...?

babyactappaled · #1 (**permalink**) 07-06-2008, 11:55 PM

It almost feels like my rib is being shattered or something. It happens quite regularly and i'm sort of worried. Should i be?

drjrumley · #2 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 04:15 AM

well not to be vague but possibly?.... if your a young white female there is a chance ur getting spontaneous pneumothorax's (sub pleural blebs). But sounds more like costochondritis or a little pleuritis all of which are normal. I had costochondritis in my teens and it hurt like getting stabbed with a knife... go to the doc just to be absolutly sure and if you haven't had ur yearly physical let him/her know then.

><>random--person · #3 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 07:05 PM

it's probably just gas....I get it sometimes too....it feels like an arrow is piercing me.....I don't worry about it too much though...

i need some help PLZ · #4 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 10:15 PM

i have it too!idki think its my heart or its my upper left lung. and when you breathe in it hurts.I hold my breath until it stops hurting.but seriously im going to the doctor soon so you should too.hope u turn out ok

Amanda W · #5 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 03:05 AM

sometimes it does that to me. it comes and goes. if the pain is severe and feels unbearable, it may be a spontaneous pneumothorax. this is common in very tall people. if it happens often, i wouldn't worry too much. sometimes it is your heart beating strangely, normal also in everyone. or it could be a stretched muscle, also common.