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Asking trusted folks re: children's chest pain
I could've posted in a regular forum, but you are the people who would've answered me anyway! So I thought I'd just come right to the source...
My daughter, Emily, is 7 1/2. Over the summer she mentioned a couple times that her chest hurt and I just thought she may have pulled a muscle or bruised something in gymnastics. At dinner tonight she said again that her chest hurt right then and that it had happened during the afternoon, too, but she didn't tell me. She says it feels like something is thudding and maybe her heart is going really fast. (Really hard to get a good description from a child!) At dinner she said the pain went through her stomach, too. I tried the pain scale analogy with her. She said 'regular' pain was 'in the middle' and the one with tummy pain too was at the end, that it really hurt.
She is asthmatic but hasn't had a flare since the spring. She had a cold three weeks ago but hasn't been coughing. My sister has a prolasped mitral valve, so we do have some heart issues in the family. Emily had a small whole in her heart when she was born, but it healed within a month and has never had any issues since.
We just had a check-up for asthma last week. I wish this would've happened last weekend, instead! So what would you do...make another appt? Wait and see? Advice, please. Thanks!
My daughter, Emily, is 7 1/2. Over the summer she mentioned a couple times that her chest hurt and I just thought she may have pulled a muscle or bruised something in gymnastics. At dinner tonight she said again that her chest hurt right then and that it had happened during the afternoon, too, but she didn't tell me. She says it feels like something is thudding and maybe her heart is going really fast. (Really hard to get a good description from a child!) At dinner she said the pain went through her stomach, too. I tried the pain scale analogy with her. She said 'regular' pain was 'in the middle' and the one with tummy pain too was at the end, that it really hurt.
She is asthmatic but hasn't had a flare since the spring. She had a cold three weeks ago but hasn't been coughing. My sister has a prolasped mitral valve, so we do have some heart issues in the family. Emily had a small whole in her heart when she was born, but it healed within a month and has never had any issues since.
We just had a check-up for asthma last week. I wish this would've happened last weekend, instead! So what would you do...make another appt? Wait and see? Advice, please. Thanks!
Kelly- I just saw this. Did it happen anymore over the weekend? I agree with Andi and Wana - it should be checked out.
I agree with Andi.
At the age of 3, my daughter was able to convey to us that something was wrong with her heart. She was experiencing palpitations (SVT) along with chest pain, and told us "it felt like her heart was pounding too loud." Her Dx was MVP w/ regurgitation.
A holter monitor would be another test that would be warranted.
Good luck!
At the age of 3, my daughter was able to convey to us that something was wrong with her heart. She was experiencing palpitations (SVT) along with chest pain, and told us "it felt like her heart was pounding too loud." Her Dx was MVP w/ regurgitation.
A holter monitor would be another test that would be warranted.
Good luck!
Thanks, Andi. She's had several chest x-rays over the last two years with her bouts of pneumonia, but I don't think they were ever looking for anything other than the pneumonia. I'll look at the other disease you mentioned and see if it 'fits' at all. There are so many things that come up when you google 'children's chest pain' that it is hard to know where to start.
Do me a favor. Next time she complains, take her pulse and note any arrhythmias or irregular beats, rate of pulse, etc. It is a long shot, but my husband noticed similar stuff as a kid and thought nothing of it until our honeymoon when I finally noticed it and he finally got it checked out. Turns out he has Wolff Parkinson's White Disease and it presents with random bouts of tachycardia/supraventricular tachycardia and then followed by stabbing chest/side pain as his body would try to right the SVT.
Try Googling WPWD and see if anythings looks familiar. A simple EKG would be valuable in dxing it. All three of my boys have different congenital defects as you know and we are always on the lookout for the possibility of this as well.
I would say make an appt with her pedi and ask if you could have a chest x-ray and an EKG. If they are willing, maybe even an echo just to be safe.
Try Googling WPWD and see if anythings looks familiar. A simple EKG would be valuable in dxing it. All three of my boys have different congenital defects as you know and we are always on the lookout for the possibility of this as well.
I would say make an appt with her pedi and ask if you could have a chest x-ray and an EKG. If they are willing, maybe even an echo just to be safe.
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