Talk:Precordial catch syndrome

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The article doesn't explain the term "precordial catch". That's a problem, I think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.160.157 (talk) 16:00, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Possible PCS relationship to congenital absense of the pericardium
It might be worth adding to the article somewhere.

There is a high frequency of precordial pain reported in patients who have a congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP), a rare and generally benign disorder. CAP can cause abnormal angina and dypsnea.

Reference:

Garnier F et al. "Congenital complete absence of the left pericardium: a rare cause of chest pain or pseudo-right heart overload." Clinical Cardiology. Feb 2010. 33(2): E52-7

67.194.6.89 (talk) 18:23, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Possible Relation to Hyperventilation
Due to a search for my personal condition, which is most definitely hyperventilation(symptoms: de-realization, vertigo, anxiety, chestpain, restlessness), I tried to find confirmation that this is the underlying cause for my chest pains. The 'usual areas affected' image is very accurate in its location. Almost all the common described symptoms and sensations in the reference are a match, and Doctors confirmed health, heart and lung function is further normal. All symptoms immediately decreased after acupuncture therapy, which indicates the correlation between hyperventilation and sympathetic nervous system over activity. (aka. Stress) Reference:

THE HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME- FRANCES AMES, [Page 16] "Eight patients complained of praecordial pain...."

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Per WP:MEDMOS it is fine to reference every line. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:33, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * agree w/ Doc James--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:13, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * It's fine, but it looks cleaner and less cluttered when you match the citation style most pages use RDXL (talk) 03:50, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you WP
Ever since I was a teenager I've had this thing where I get brief chest pain if I suddenly start heavy exercise (e.g sprinting); if I stop for minute or so, it subsides and then I'm fine. It's meant I've never enjoyed running, although happy with swimming, cycling, walking, climbing etc... anything where I can pace myself. Now I know what it is. Stub Mandrel (talk) 12:22, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

"Treatment"?
I actually found that bending over forward at the waist would permit me to (cautiously) take a full breathe without pain while in that position, and that would immediately end the "episode", even just a few seconds after it started, instead of being forced to breathe shallow for a couple minutes.

For a brief period in my life it was happening often enough that I got methodical about it and used every second of each episode to try a bunch of different things, and discovered this. It has always worked immediately since, though sometimes I need to be bent over "more" than other times (thus contracting the abdominal muscles more?? I have no idea) while attempting that full breathe. Maybe this can help someone or grow to a larger understanding. swincg (talk) 11:19, 27 May 2023 (UTC)