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Suggest Cause Of Chest Pain
My friend has been a chain smoker in his past. But he lessened it up and trying to give up but he is taking a lot of time. he smokes like a 2-3 nowadays recently he is having chest pain. he is 20 now. But sometimes like today at 2:00am he is having extreme chest pain what should I do ?
Fri, 30 May 2014
Hello
Thanks for your query.
Severe chest pain in a heavy smoker may be due to - unstable angina, pneumothorax, cough fracture lung cancer and for these I suggest you to consult a pulmonologist to exclude the causes one by one and go for necessary investigations like chest x-ray, ECG in 12 leads and CT thorax if necessary.
Thank you.
Regards,
Dr Arnab Maji
Thanks for your query.
Severe chest pain in a heavy smoker may be due to - unstable angina, pneumothorax, cough fracture lung cancer and for these I suggest you to consult a pulmonologist to exclude the causes one by one and go for necessary investigations like chest x-ray, ECG in 12 leads and CT thorax if necessary.
Thank you.
Regards,
Dr Arnab Maji
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