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| nutmegcrisp
- Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:15 am |
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Hi, I'm a 35 year old female and for the past 1.5 to 2 weeks I have had this pain that seems to be located in my ribs or lungs behind my right breast and it goes around the side, under my right armpit to the back of ribs. It doesn't hurt constantly, like if I lift my arm or anything like that. It hurts a LOT when I take a really deep breath, cough, laugh, sneeze, yawn or try to blow my nose. To me, it doesn't seem to be pain in my muscle, because I can lift stuff and it really doesn't hurt. There are no lumps or swelling visible on the outside. It doesn't hurt to press on the area, either. I am pretty much healthy and live a normal, healthy lifestyle. I recently had a bad case of the flu that lasted about 3-5 days. Could this be related? Thanks.
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| Dr. Chan Lowe
- Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:11 pm |
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 It is likely that you have a condition known as pleurisy. This is inflammation of the lining of the lungs/chest wall. Deep breathing causes the lining to be rubbed and worsens pain.
It commonly will follow a viral infection.
Treatment is essentially anti-inflammatory medicines such as ibuprofen.
If your pain does not improve in the next few days you should be evaluated.
Best wishes.
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| tripper
- Wed May 09, 2007 6:22 am |
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i have this sort of problem and i cant breath when it happens and really hurts
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| Debbie Miller, RN
- Wed May 09, 2007 2:00 pm |
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 I do hope you are seeing a doctor about the pain and breathing difficulties to be sure you have the correct diagnosis and/or treatment. Good luck.
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