Spondylitis Association of America Forums General Discussion Men Only Message Board Pain Through Chest

I don’t have this kind of chest pain, but I know someone who does and he recently just made the connection that the pain occurs when he’s dehydrated, like after a lot of activity on a hot day or on days he wakes up with a hangover. I don’t know if drinking more water will work for anyone else, but I figured that I’d mention it on the off chance that it does.

I had all those symptoms that you had and I figure it out the cause.

For me mainly was potassium. Bananas would cause extreme sternum pain and chest pain to the point I could not move. I suspected it was the high potassium so I purchased potassium supplements and after my pain subsided I took the supplement and was in severe pain within an hour for days.