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Cyst In The Kidney. Chest Pain While Breathing. Are These Related?

I have a cyst on my right kidney.I woke up this morning with chest pains.only everytime I took a breath it felt like a painfull stab.This lasted for about one hour.When the pain became severe I took 4 baby aspirins.could it be associated with my kidneys or the fact that I'm over 60lbs overweight but maint a healthy diet with no alcohol or drugs?
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Hello,
The nature of your chest pain is "pluertic". One of the causes of plueritic chest pain is Pneumothorax, in which air escapes from the lung into the chest cavity. The simultaneous occurrence of pneumothorax and Kidney cyst may point towards Birt-Hogg-Dubbe syndrome. The kidney involvement in this syndrome is development of cysts and tumours, Lung involvement causes Lung cyst which cause air leak into the chest ( Spontaneous Pneumothorax) and Skin involvement causing various benign (non-cancerous) tumors. Its advisable to do Chest X-ray to confirm Pneumothorax and consult your doctor for genetic test of this syndrome.
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Cyst In The Kidney. Chest Pain While Breathing. Are These Related?

Hello, The nature of your chest pain is pluertic . One of the causes of plueritic chest pain is Pneumothorax, in which air escapes from the lung into the chest cavity. The simultaneous occurrence of pneumothorax and Kidney cyst may point towards Birt-Hogg-Dubbe syndrome. The kidney involvement in this syndrome is development of cysts and tumours, Lung involvement causes Lung cyst which cause air leak into the chest ( Spontaneous Pneumothorax) and Skin involvement causing various benign (non-cancerous) tumors. Its advisable to do Chest X-ray to confirm Pneumothorax and consult your doctor for genetic test of this syndrome. Regards