trapped nerve?

[k8bailey]

Hello, I need some help! I think I have a trapped nerve, my chest feels tight like I'm being squeezed and can't breathe in deeply, I feel like I'm struggling to breathe if I walk too quickly or go up the stairs. Also the area around my collar bone is sometimes really painful, but this comes and goes.

I've felt like this for over a week now - is it a trapped nerve and what can I do about it?

[Sqad]

No it's not.

Do you get the pain at rest or only on movement?

[k8bailey]

pain in collar bone - at rest

[Sqad]

Tightness in the chest goes at rest...does it?

[k8bailey]

no that's constant, just gets worse when I need to breathe more deeply

[Sqad]

Could either be angina (unlikely) or pleuritic pain.

Go to A&E now, as you will need a chest x-ray and ECG.

Keep us informed.

[daffy654]

Could also be a spontaneous pneumothorax,that is exactly how mine presented both times.
You need a chest x-ray to rule it out.

[k8bailey]

wow I'm really not sure its as serious as any of those! as I said, this has been going on for more than week and I'm only 24, but will get it checked out ASAP. Thanks for your advice, I'll let you know what happens.

[Sqad]

Aged 24....not angina

daffy...doubt whether you could go a week with an untreated spontaneous pneumothorax.

[daffy654]

I did sqad,I thought i'd pulled a muscle or had pleurisy again.Turned out my right lung had completely collapsed...like a deflated ballon!
It still periodically has air leaks but since the pleurectomy it can't fully collapse again.It still hurts like a bu@@er though.