When exercising, I get severe chest pain. I have difficulty getting my breath back.

Chest and lungs
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I’ve had this problem for a couple of years now. I’ll do minimal exercise such as a light jog for several minutes and I’ll gradually start getting severe chest pain. Even though I’ll exercise gently for short periods of time, it will typically take me around 40 minutes to gain a steady breath until I feel okay to try exercise again.

Typically when the pain in my chest starts, my legs feel like they’re going to give way and for some odd reason my teeth ache? I’m not sure if these correlate whatsoever but...

I’m 17, and I’m healthy.

I was born with a heart murmur and my mum has been concerned that it could be that, however I attended an ECG fairly recently and the levels were normal. I’ve even had an asthma screening.

At first I thought it was just me getting used to exercise because I walk and don’t run very often. But I can’t push myself to get used to exercise because of the chest pain.

I suffer from anxiety, however the pain in my chest is very different and I can differentiate what’s anxiety and what isn’t.

I have a hospital appointment next month to get it checked out again, but because of last time, I’m worried that I’m just going to waste the doctors time because I don’t think there’s anything wrong. 

I don’t even know why I’m discussing it on here but I’m just wondering if anyone has anything similar. 

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Simple test that your local GP can order up, or can in Australia, is a stress test, they hook you up to ECG, and then get you walking on treadmill, runners are good for this test, they tip it up steeper and make you work hard, until your heart gets to where they want it to, and then they also monitor how long it takes you to come back to slower heartbeat, all relevant.

​I asked what if they found a problem, they said if that happened they would stop the test, immediately, but told me it is rare to find worrying issues.

​But a great report for your Dr to have, for future referral if required to cardiologist.

​Then you are in the cardiologist hands, and or heart hospital, as he was, they will do another x-ray, ECG, echocardiogram, MRI, then upped to angiogram, no blockages, more MRI's, lung function in an enclosed pod, (blew their minds), his lung function at Olympic swimmer level, I have put these in the same order my husband had them done when he was diagnosed with heart failure, but unlikely you have same as his.