Joining this group I finally got to hear from others that they have the squeezing to. It made me feel so validated that it was happening. Then to see others cant stand for very long. Omg I wasnt crazy.

I can’t stand for long. I get light headed or just don’t feel right. Hard to explain. Short of breath also.

I haven't had chest pain that I have related to PAH. My heart problems cause some chest pain under my left breast. They feel like slow cramps. I've noticed that I am getting light headed more and more. About chest pains: how do you know what to attribute it to? PH or heart? Just from experience or has it been diagnosed as part of your PH or heart or gall bladder, or just plain old gas in some instances? My only other symptoms so far are naps. I have to take an afternoon nap or I cannot function anymore for the day. I never ever liked naps but now they are essential. Best to all.

It was dx 12/2015. No treatment Dr didn’t think it was an issue. “Yet” !?! I had a severe cough. I awoke with major chest pain. Tearing, sharp, radiating pain. I lay in bed thinking “if it is a heart attack. It would be very painful.” Then another wave of pain hit. It was very painful.*(early Saturday morning) My boyfriend took me to urgent care. *my choice. They demanded I go to hospital ER. I didn’t want to make to much out of it. I had seen other people sent home with gas. Turns out, it wasn’t gas. After much testing and many appts. It was PAH. Group 1&2. I ended up with a lung biopsy. The chest pain began as once in awhile. Over a few years has become more present then not. In my case the pain is both muscle and cartilage. Pain is both left & right side, going into my back, shoulder blade. *polycondritis, pleurisy, rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease. Asthma, biopsy positive for emphysema & PAH.
*NEVER SMOKED
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My cardiogenic CP is substernal and occasionally radiates to the left arm and scapula area. My PH pain is several times a day and feels like an "ouch" feeling in my R clavicular area.