Stomach/Back/Chest/Shoulder Pains So Bad I Can't Breathe?

[fwyzing]

Omg it hurts so bad :( for like, 2 weeks now

it's like... my heart will skip a beat, my shoulder/arm will go numb and tingly and painful, then my ribcage it feels like is all crampy and painful and i have to stop and double over and i can't breathe and it's in my back to and it hurts so bad

what the hell is wrong with me?!?!

[hopelessly_spinning]

owie... that's been happening to me for a while too. it's HORRIBLE

I'm not sure if it's eating disorder related, because it's been happening to me on and off for YEARS. and i only started "dieting" two years ago.

I've been to the doctor about it and he said everything looked fine and I shouldn't hurt like that, but i still do.

Taking tylenol helps a little. and potasium helps with your heart.
I'm sorry I can't help more. I hope you feel better. :)

[Jacklinger]

Blastomycosis.

Besides pleuritic chest pain, blastomycosis initially produces signs and symptoms that mimic those of viral upper respiratory tract infection: a dry, hacking, or productive cough (and sometimes hemoptysis), fever, chills, anorexia, weight loss, fatigue, night sweats, and malaise. In its acute form, bronchitis produces burning chest pain or a sensation of substernal tightness. It also produces a cough, initially dry but later productive, that worsens the chest pain. Other findings include low-grade fever, chills, sore throat, tachycardia, muscle and back pain, rhonchi, crackles, and wheezing. Severe bronchitis causes a fever of 101° to 102° F (38.3° to 38.9° C) and possible bronchospasm with worsening wheezing and increased coughing. With hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, angina-like chest pain may occur with dyspnea, cough, dizziness, syncope, gallops, murmurs, and bradycardia associated with tachycardia. Cholecystitis typically produces abrupt epigastric or right upper quadrant pain, which may be sharp or intensely aching. Steady or intermittent pain may radiate to the back or right shoulder. Commonly associated findings include nausea, vomiting, fever, diaphoresis, and chills. Palpation of the right upper quadrant may reveal an abdominal mass, rigidity, distention, or tenderness. Murphy’s sign — inspiratory arrest elicited when the examiner palpates the right upper quadrant as the patient takes a deep breath — may also occur.

This disease often affects those with weakened immune systems which can be caused by anorexia. The disease occurs most often in your areas (Mid-West USA and Canada). If the infection is not treated, it can become severe enough to cause death. But if you say a doctor has already examined you and didn't find anything wrong. Then it's probably not this, unless he's under the assumption that you have healthy immune systems. People with normal immune systems usually fight off this condition easily without the help of medication.

Just to be safe - ask your doctor about the possibility of having this disease.

Another symptom is skin leisions but they aren't always present. If you're skin is perfectly fine then it's probably not Blastomycosis.

[fwyzing]

no... the most visible things on my skin are scars and excema.

thanks guys?

I asked the doctor to look stuff up for me, and not to pass me off as fine cuz i do'nt feel fine!

ugh. i'll figure it out :)

[waif0]

i get this as well, and i get it very extremely before i'm about to faint.
so i disagree with the first user and think it could very much be
related to the eating disorder.
or it could be because of anxiety?
do you notice if you're feeling a lot of anxiety at the time?
panic attacks, for me, have a sort of similar affect?