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How Can severe Upper Chest Pain Be Treated?

My college age daughter has been having a pain in her upper right chest about 2 inches beneath her collarbone for 6 days. Today it became a sharp pain. I am wondering if I should take her to the doctor because I have no idea what it might be. I previously thought it may just be a pulled muscle, but then I don t think it should get suddenly worse.
Fri, 7 Apr 2017
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Such type of pain in this area may be due to these possibilities , these include:
1 Collapse ( consolidation ) of lung ( right upper lobe ). Diagnosis can be confirmed by X RAY of chest .
2 Muscle strain , diagnosis can be confirmed by clinical examination & clinical history of patient .
3 Pneumoccocal infection of that part , again get in X RAY of chest .
Consult a primary care physician and get his opinion because physical examination is important as 6 days passed .
Good luck.
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How Can severe Upper Chest Pain Be Treated?

Hi Thanks for the query to HEALTH CARE MAGIC. Such type of pain in this area may be due to these possibilities , these include: 1 Collapse ( consolidation ) of lung ( right upper lobe ). Diagnosis can be confirmed by X RAY of chest . 2 Muscle strain , diagnosis can be confirmed by clinical examination & clinical history of patient . 3 Pneumoccocal infection of that part , again get in X RAY of chest . Consult a primary care physician and get his opinion because physical examination is important as 6 days passed . Good luck.