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What Causes Tightness And Severe Pain Around Chest Area?
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Afew years back i had a trach.i had a few complications and several surgeries.now i have tightness,extreme pain around the area of my chest. and i deal with this daily.the pain is to much
Afew years back i had a trach.i had a few complications and several surgeries.now i have tightness,extreme pain around the area of my chest. and i deal with this daily.the pain is to much
Brief Answer:
mainly pain is an indication something is wrong
Detailed Answer:
for that matter so is getting a trach. Any condition that leads to having a trach is quite serious and involves the lungs. Lung irritation would cause pain, and tightness. Mostly.. it is from "REVERSIBLE airway disease" --while this is a technical name for asthma, it also indicates that the inflammatory process when it is treated with anti-inflammatories, lets up the problems (steroids--generally inhaled steroids, or monteleukast).
Steroids also lower the inflammation that causes pain.
mainly pain is an indication something is wrong
Detailed Answer:
for that matter so is getting a trach. Any condition that leads to having a trach is quite serious and involves the lungs. Lung irritation would cause pain, and tightness. Mostly.. it is from "REVERSIBLE airway disease" --while this is a technical name for asthma, it also indicates that the inflammatory process when it is treated with anti-inflammatories, lets up the problems (steroids--generally inhaled steroids, or monteleukast).
Steroids also lower the inflammation that causes pain.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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