How to treat an intermittent and radiating chest pain after smoking cessation?

Question

Hi doctor,

I am having mild chest pain, like the type of middle piercing on the upper part of my chest. The pain migrates from left to right, sometimes on the LLQ and RLQ. But the pain resides for only about 2 to 3 minutes and goes away. This has been happening for the last 3 weeks since I suddenly decided to quit smoking totally. Sometimes I feel coldness, but no cough, no shoulder pain, no arm pain. I was smoking about 6 to 7 cigarettes daily before. Now I am on a total cholesterol cut and eating lung-clearing diet food. Before quitting cigarettes, I did heavy arm exercises, but my arms are not aching.

Please help.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

I read your query and can understand your concern.

At the age of 29, it is not common to have heart disease. But it is better if you rule out the same with an ECG (electrocardiogram). In the background history, some respiratory illnesses may have recurred, for which you have to do a chest radiograph. If it is fine, then you can use plain analgesics for the complaints with some PPI (proton pump inhibitor) in the morning.

I hope this helps.

Thank you.