YOUR HEALTH

2006-04-06 / Advice & Entertainment

Heart inflammation often strikes young adults
DR. DONOHUE
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My son is 18. He plays football and basketball. Two weeks ago he started having chest pains. I took him to a doctor who thought he had costochondritis. He didn%27t get better. I took him to another doctor, who ordered X-rays. Within 30 minutes of the X-ray, we were told his heart l


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