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What Causes Arm And Chest Pain With Breathing Difficulty?
For about a month, I have been having trouble with arm and chest pain with breathing complications. I have been to 2 emergency rooms, no heart problems. I have just started another regimen of steroids and today I have been using my inhaler repeatedly. I am not getting answers and am getting scared. Normal blood work done normal chest ex rays. See my Dr. Again in a week but I am not sure I can wait please help me find answers
Thu, 4 Aug 2016
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Chest pain with breathing difficulty are not symptoms to take lightly.These symptoms could be caused by many medical problems linked to the heart, lungs, oesophagus, stomach, muscles, ribs, or nerves.Some of these problems are life threatening while others are not.The pain caused by most of these conditions will always radiate to the arm.Since a possible heart problem has already been eliminated in your case, the next possible origin is lung problems.Possible lung problems that can give you this presentation are asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, pneumothorax...With the symptoms you have described, the exact cause of your problem may be difficult to identify and physical examination by a Doctor is indispensable. I will suggest you make an earlier trip to your Doctor if the symptoms are not getting better on your inhaler or if your Doctor is not around, you see a different Doctor.
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Chest pain with breathing difficulty are not symptoms to take lightly.These symptoms could be caused by many medical problems linked to the heart, lungs, oesophagus, stomach, muscles, ribs, or nerves.Some of these problems are life threatening while others are not.The pain caused by most of these conditions will always radiate to the arm.Since a possible heart problem has already been eliminated in your case, the next possible origin is lung problems.Possible lung problems that can give you this presentation are asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, pneumothorax...With the symptoms you have described, the exact cause of your problem may be difficult to identify and physical examination by a Doctor is indispensable. I will suggest you make an earlier trip to your Doctor if the symptoms are not getting better on your inhaler or if your Doctor is not around, you see a different Doctor.
Hope my answer will help you
Best regards
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