Chest pain

[Feifei1986]

Hi i just turned 18 and i've been heavy lifting forawhile now, an incident happened awhile ago where i smoked marjuana and i had a really hardtime breathing afterwards, i guess it was because i inhaled in for too long-->never smoking again, i thought i was going to die. Ever since then, my chest has been having irregular sharp pain/pressure like once every 3 days, it lasts only for about 40 seconds, but it shifts from left ot right, im very nervous about this, i don't know if it's because i'm benching and putting too much pressure on my chest or is it because my lungs are infected or what(i'm scaried i might have lung cancer ) if any one konws what might be wrong with me, iit would be help ful. i work my chest really hard, inclining around 165, and pushes myself 6set/s12 reps, altho i've only been inclining for 1 month. thanks. i'm 190 pounds 6'1

 

[help4john]

18 and lung cancer....doubt it. It the condition persists, it would be in your best interests for a quick trip to the MD.

Good luck!

PS: Don't inhale next time (joke)!

 

[MikeMartial]

Hi i just turned 18 and i've been heavy lifting forawhile now, an incident happened awhile ago where i smoked marjuana and i had a really hardtime breathing afterwards, i guess it was because i inhaled in for too long-->never smoking again, i thought i was going to die. Ever since then, my chest has been having irregular sharp pain/pressure like once every 3 days, it lasts only for about 40 seconds, but it shifts from left ot right, im very nervous about this, i don't know if it's because i'm benching and putting too much pressure on my chest or is it because my lungs are infected or what(i'm scaried i might have lung cancer ) if any one konws what might be wrong with me, iit would be help ful. i work my chest really hard, inclining around 165, and pushes myself 6set/s12 reps, altho i've only been inclining for 1 month. thanks. i'm 190 pounds 6'1

Best bet is to get things checked out by your family physician. Regular episodes of chest pain should always be investigated. IMO, the one-time indulgence in MJ isn't the cause. But, it could be anything from anxiety to costochondritis (inflammation of the cartilage of the ribcage), or you could have injured something lifting, or benign nerve twitches. When i was in my late teens early 20's I had regular intervals of left upper chest/shoulder pain, which the doc attributed to just that---nerve growth.

But---get it checked out.

 

[bigstve12]

do you have any shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing?

 

[patsfan1379]

when i was in my mid to late teens, this exact symptom used to happen to me. Got an EKG, got checked out... Nothing!!! I t passed. I'm not saying ignore it, but just that it's happened to others.