Off Topic but maybe CFS related: Anyone have an idea of this?

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Hi,

My 8 yr old has CFS, which is doing pretty well on the protocol.  Yesterday he

came in after jumping on the trampoline (good for cfs btw) saying his heart was

hurting.  He didn't seem to be in acute pain, but the level of pain you might

feel with stomach cramps for instance.  I felt his chest and it was pounding

very very hard and pretty fast.  That slowed down soon enough, but the pain

didn't go away for at least an hour.  I thought that maybe he had heartburn and

that the heart pounding was the exercise and some anxiety, because he did tell

me he was having a heart attack.  The antacid didn't work immediately but almost

an hour later it was better.

Anyway, he said that his heart hurt again today at school right after class

started.  He said his heart was pounding hard like yesterday but not as fast. 

He has a long walk from where he is dropped off to his classroom.  He said it

felt like a needle poking through his heart (from side to side, not directly

into it).  He said after it stopped hurting that then it felt like it had a lot

of energy in it - he couldn't describe what that meant but that it was kind of

unpleasant.  He said it hurt for about an hour - the same as yesterday.

I remember before he had been checked out - this was during one of his bad CFS

spells - because his heart was having racing spells - practically fluttering -

and they were rather frequent and disturbed him a lot.  There were no findings

then - no surprise since it isn't uncommon with CFS.  I don't remember if they

hurt or not then.

He's not turning pale or anything - the pain and pounding seems to be the only

symptom.  

I would assume that this is autonomic but I know I need to have it checked out. 

I do have a call into the pediatrician.

I just wanted to see if anyone else has already been thru this and if they found

out the cause.

Thanks!