Does anyone else get a sore achy sometimes painful chest?

A couple of years ago, I had a very bad asthma exacerbation and suffered from bad chest pain. Since then, every time I catch anything from a light cold to a severe chest infection, I end up with some form of chest discomfort. In early December last year, when I suffered a chest infection and asthma exacerbation, I had such severe chest pain that I ended up calling 999 as the pain reached a level unlike anything I had ever felt before. I currently have a mild cold, and my whole chest aches and taking a deep breath is painful. Every time I bring it up to the doctors, they dismiss the pain as muscular but never offer any solution other than paracetamol. Does anyone else have anything similar? And do you put it down to asthma or just being sick with something else?