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What Causes Constant Dull Pain In My Chest?

for the past two days I have had a dull pain in my chest straight through to my back. It hurts when I cough, take a deep breathe and last night when I was swallowing. It is hard for me to sleep on my right side, I feel like I can t breathe well turned that way. I had swelling and pain in my leg on Thursday but since then it has gone down.
Fri, 23 Jan 2015
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
In my opinion you should first rule out cardiac cause for your chest pain and chest heaviness.
So get done ECG to rule out cardiac cause.
If ECG is normal than no need to worry much for cardiac cause.
Since you are having more pain on right side and worsening on lying down on same side, pleurisy can be the cause.
So get done chest x ray to rule out possible causes of pleurisy like pneumonia, pleural effusion, tuberculosis etc.
So if chest x ray is normal than musculoskeletal pain can be the cause.
So take good painkiller and muscle relaxant.
Apply warm water pad in affected site.
Avoid strenuous exercise and heavyweight lifting.
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What Causes Constant Dull Pain In My Chest?

Thanks for your question on HCM. In my opinion you should first rule out cardiac cause for your chest pain and chest heaviness. So get done ECG to rule out cardiac cause. If ECG is normal than no need to worry much for cardiac cause. Since you are having more pain on right side and worsening on lying down on same side, pleurisy can be the cause. So get done chest x ray to rule out possible causes of pleurisy like pneumonia, pleural effusion, tuberculosis etc. So if chest x ray is normal than musculoskeletal pain can be the cause. So take good painkiller and muscle relaxant. Apply warm water pad in affected site. Avoid strenuous exercise and heavyweight lifting.