My 6 year old son has had 3 episodes of chest pains in the last 6 months. They occur suddenly and last about 10-15 seconds. The pains are located to the right of his sternum and seem to be painful enough to bring tears to his eyes. He recently had a doctor visit with his pediatrician; she advised she could not hear any issue with his heart or lungs. Could this be gas pains? How should I proceed?
Hipain due to gastritis in small kids is not that likely. Sometimes small congenital problems like atrial septal defects, or patent ducts arterioles, added with respiratory infections, increased exercises can aggravate the pain.I suggest you top go for a chest-x-ray, ECG ALSO WITH A CARDIOLOGIST OPINION, to rule out for any lung & cardiac related problems. All the best take care