What Causes Tightness And Severe Pain Around Chest Area?

Posted on Thu, 25 Dec 2014

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Thu, 25 Dec 2014 Answered on

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Question : Who should i see,
Afew years back i had a trach.i had a few complications and several surgeries.now i have tightness,extreme pain around the area of my chest. and i deal with this daily.the pain is to much

Answered by Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
mainly pain is an indication something is wrong

Detailed Answer:
for that matter so is getting a trach. Any condition that leads to having a trach is quite serious and involves the lungs. Lung irritation would cause pain, and tightness. Mostly.. it is from "REVERSIBLE airway disease" --while this is a technical name for asthma, it also indicates that the inflammatory process when it is treated with anti-inflammatories, lets up the problems (steroids--generally inhaled steroids, or monteleukast).
Steroids also lower the inflammation that causes pain.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar