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can anyone relate to a sudden sharp body pain that goes as quickly as it comes?

I was vacuuming earlier & had a really sharp pain under my left breast/top of stomach. It scared me thinking it’s my heart but I had cardio tests, ecg, heart scan & 48 hour monitor test last November & everything was good.

What is this pain? I need to know so I can thinking it’s something serious

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One of the pesky things that cause pain, well, the only thing really, are nerves. Nerves are bundled with blood vessels and other tissues and travel throughout the body. If one of those nerves is irritated by a muscle it can fire off and tell the brain that there is something up. The brain assesses the situation and decides whether action needs to be taken. Is this danger, is harm happening, or is it just a pesky nerve being irritated. If it is that, the brain tells the nerve to settled down and shut up.

Okay, that is anthropomorphic brains and nerves don't actually 'talk' to each other, but it does give the idea of how the brain works and how pain works. There are nerves that run between the ribs and round to the skin, and between the muscles. In the rib cage. So if you were twisting or moving around, it could easily be a nerve being triggered by being irritated by rubbing against a muscle or other tissue.

If it keeps happening it would be a good idea to talk to a health care professional, but if it is just occasional one offs, have a little chat with your brain and tell it to calm down those pesky nerves!

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deejames

I think with chronic pain our nervous system and pain pathways become super fired up and our body perceives pain sensations without there being a reason for them. I have had this type of pain sensation for years and I now try to ignore it

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Gilly61 in reply to deejames

Thank you😀

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