What causes chest pain with headaches?
Patient: Have a teenage son the age of sixteen whose pulse rate is 188 during excerise on a treadmill. He has MVP and reguiritation and has been having headaches and sharp chest pains which are mainly at night.  Thickness of the wall of his heart is 1.7 what could be the problem ? Doctor: Hello , The pulse rate of 188 for intensive exercise on treadmill for  a 16 year old is normal , if it's sinus . Mvp can explain all the symptoms you describe like chest pain , headache . So Mvp is completely being and is not going to cause a major problem is 95 % people ever , it does cause myriad of symptoms.  Reassurance might help him . Do consult your doctor for consideration on starting a beta blocker in small dose which would help for symptom relief and also to prevent any progression of mitral regurgitation . Regards