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What Causes Heaviness In The Chest And Throat?

I am a 53 year old female, 5 ft 3 ins and 13stone 8lbs. about 7 years ago I had a bad chest infection which I didn t take medication for as it happened over the Xmas holidays. Since then, whenever I get a virus or a cold the right side of my throat and chest feels heavy and I get a cough which takes a while to go away. Is this normal? I also suffer from chronic sinusitis which doesn t help as I get a mucus build up on that side of my throat most days
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

According to history provided you are having chest tightness and cough problem and so for that a respiratory workup is needed. First of all you are auscultation should be done and then chest x ray done. If needed than pulmonary function test also dl should be done. According to course identify further management decided. You can provide me reports for giving further comment comment and you can consult pulmonologist for examination.

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What Causes Heaviness In The Chest And Throat?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. According to history provided you are having chest tightness and cough problem and so for that a respiratory workup is needed. First of all you are auscultation should be done and then chest x ray done. If needed than pulmonary function test also dl should be done. According to course identify further management decided. You can provide me reports for giving further comment comment and you can consult pulmonologist for examination. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.