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Can Anxiety Cause Heaviness In The Chest And Difficulty In Breathing?
I'm 18 years old and a few days ago I had a pull or tug-like feeling in the left-side of my chest. Although that's subsided over the course of a couple of days, I've noticed that my chest feels heavy and it's becoming more of an effort to breathe. Could this be anxiety or could something really be wrong?
Heaviness in chest could be due to anxiety provided the medical conditions have been ruled out. I would advise you to go for ECG and pulmonary function tests to rule out heart and lung pathology.
Visit a physician for further evaluation.
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Can Anxiety Cause Heaviness In The Chest And Difficulty In Breathing?
Hello Welcome here. Heaviness in chest could be due to anxiety provided the medical conditions have been ruled out. I would advise you to go for ECG and pulmonary function tests to rule out heart and lung pathology. Visit a physician for further evaluation. Hope this helps. Thanks.