What causes stabbing chest and body pains?
Patient: I am a women 57 years old, 5'6', weight 130 ,father died of diabetes ,cardial vascular disease  age 54.I have been having mild stabbing pain in my left chast area. I have had EKG ,ECG,blood work ,chest xray and stress test. All came back normal. For no apparent reason I recently experienced pain that started between my should blades in my back, crushing pain radiated to the center of my chest up my jaw,my whole upper body . Lasted for about 3 min,took an 325 mg asprin,after asprin it took about 2-3 min to ease up. Could this have been a heart attack? Doctor: Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.  I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. If you had all those tests recently with good results, then heart attack is not likely. Also it lasts longer, it is usually relieved only with a strong painkiller and your description is not typical for heart attack, it seems more like a spine problem.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.Regards,Dr. Lilit Baghdasaryan