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Can Having Smoked Lead To Painful Lungs?

I am 37 weeks pregnant and just today have had an on and off moderate aching in my lungs. I smoked before pregnancy cut back signifigantly to 3 per day until 26 weeks and then quit. I have also had a pretty nasty cough that comes and goes for about 3-4 days at a time ever since then. ???
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Hi, Smoking should not cause you to have chest pain . Since you have cough and sputum production and since smoking can cause lung damage on which bacteria can grow i advice you to have a sputum analysis and guarded x ray done for lung infection like tuberculosis.

I recommend that you meet a pulmonologist for assessment and treatment.
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Can Having Smoked Lead To Painful Lungs?

Hi, Smoking should not cause you to have chest pain . Since you have cough and sputum production and since smoking can cause lung damage on which bacteria can grow i advice you to have a sputum analysis and guarded x ray done for lung infection like tuberculosis. I recommend that you meet a pulmonologist for assessment and treatment.