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What Causes Chest Pain While Breathing?
Hi I m having real bad chest pain every time I breath and when I lay on my chest or even just push agents it slightly , because of the pain I m even starting to think it could be effecting my lung shell I get it checked ? It s been like this since Sat morning .
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If there is pain on palpation of the chest , this may indicate that there is inflammation of the muscles or bones of the chest.
Heart related pain would not be associated with tenderness.
In terms of the lungs, pain of the muscles or bones can cause difficulty breathing because a person naturally would restrict breathing if it is painful.
You can try using anti inflammatory pain killers to help reduce the pain and monitor for now.
This includes medications such as naproxen, cataflam or ibuprofen
I hope this helps
If there is pain on palpation of the chest , this may indicate that there is inflammation of the muscles or bones of the chest.
Heart related pain would not be associated with tenderness.
In terms of the lungs, pain of the muscles or bones can cause difficulty breathing because a person naturally would restrict breathing if it is painful.
You can try using anti inflammatory pain killers to help reduce the pain and monitor for now.
This includes medications such as naproxen, cataflam or ibuprofen
I hope this helps
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