Chest pain in adults can be caused by many things:

• heart problems
• lung problems
• intestinal track problems
• chest wall muscle, ligament, cartilage or bone problems
• stress and anxiety

Most of the time, the chest pain is not caused by a serious health problem. Sometimes, however, the cause is serious and life threatening.

Visit the OUCC or the Emergency Department immediately if …

• your chest pain gets worse
• your chest pain does not start to get better within 1 day
• you get a fever
• you faint or become very dizzy
• you are breathing very rapidly and are gasping, and feel you are not getting enough air
• you start to sweat a lot
• you have numbness in, or cannot move, your arms and/or legs