Chest pain?

When this spam occurs, does it feel like you've got peanut butter stuck in your esophagus? Sounds funny, but it's a serious question? If so, then these spasms, believe it or not, are originating from the muscles along your back. It's likely that you've spent a lot of time sitting down in an uncomfortable position, which has lead key nerves and muscles that run along your back to twist, leading to this feeling like you're having a sudden heart attack.

In addition, if it were heartburn, you'd feel a burning sensation, starting from the base of the stomach.

Tbh, I don't know how having peanut butter stuck in your esophagus feels like. I don't remember any other irritations I had along with it. The other explanations seemed to be accurate though, because my most recent occurrence was when I had been sitting in front of a computer for hours before I got up to eat lunch and that's when it happened. Sounds like a probable cause?

I don't think you have anything to worry about. Try to straighten your back while doing your work on the computer. Although the feeling is highly uncomfortable - like someone stabbed you in the heart - it's not something to lose sleep over. Have someone give you a deep tissue massage to loosen those knots.

Thanks for the response. I'll take your inputs into consideration.

omg. Right now I'm feeling, I don't know how to explain. It's not like the sharp pain from before. I guess you can call it burning sensation. It's right in the middle of the chest above the abdomen but below the throat. It's been hurting for hours now. It's bearable and I'm not distracted too much, but I'm a little scared seeing that I just had that sharp pain in the heart from before. Does this sound like normal heartburn?

To add, also I've eaten a lot of foods with cheese recently. Having a heartburn would make sense, but I've had occasional worse diets before and I don't ever remember this occurring.

That's indeed heartburn. Limit your diet to a food that is lesss acidic. Also, have your stomach checked for H. pylori.

Right now it's still hurting. It kept me up all night yesterday. And when I breath in a little harder it hurts.I'm feeling tired but I can't seem to sleep because it hurts so much when I lay down. Is this really heartburn? I feel as though I tore a chest muscle or something.

Maybe it is pleurisy?  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002347/

Do you feel it in your throat as well? Moreover, have you taken an antacid? Try one, it doesn't hurt. Report back!!

So demanding! LOL  If they are on any medications there may be contraindications with antacids as most meds have one to them, so take at a different time then your meds. if you take any.

LOL sorry Now I see the difficulty in diagnosing over the internet.

It is all guess work lewis, even the MD's are guessing a lot of the time. That is why we are all here to give our input.

We so need a *poke* smiley