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[|Human|] I have a 12yr old boy, that for the past 18 months has suffered from a stabbing/gripping chest pain. He is rather tall and slim, and the GP put it down to growing pains, these attacks would be about once every two weeks. But now he is getting the more frequent and occurring pain and although it still only last a minute or so, it has gone from bearable to being really painfull and very stressful for him. Please advise
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand his situation and problem. Recurrent chest pain in 12-year-old boy can be due to valvular heart diseases. So we need to rule out this first. So get done ECG and 2d echo to rule out valvular heart diseases. If both are normal than no need to worry about heart diseases. Sometimes psychiatric issues in child Chat Doctor.  So consult psychiatrist and get done counseling sessions. Try to identify stressor in his life and start working on its solution. He may need additional