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Suggest Treatment For Chest Pain
Today I have experienced chest pain right over where my left lung is, it isnt a throbbing pain, I am thinking it is a recurrence of my pneumonia I had when I had my back surgery. I am 20 years old, not overweight, and I Have scoliosis and possible elhers danlos. My knees sublux and every joint in my body pops, way more than any normal person my age, I also have pain in my knees after long standing sessions.
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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If your chest pain is associated with fever and cough it may be due to pneumonia. Pain due to pneumonia increases when you take a deep breath. The chest pain is not likely to be due to pneumonia if these features are no present.
Since you have a connective tissue problem suspected to be Elhes Danlos Syndrome, the pain may be musculoskeletal in origin. You may have a nerve compression from a thoracic disc prolapse and the chest pain can be due to the same.
If the pain persists you could have imaging studies. A chest ray would show if there is pnuemonia. A MRI of the thoracic spine would reveal if it is due to a disc prolapse.
Best wishes,
Dr. Noble Zachariah
Welcome to HCM
If your chest pain is associated with fever and cough it may be due to pneumonia. Pain due to pneumonia increases when you take a deep breath. The chest pain is not likely to be due to pneumonia if these features are no present.
Since you have a connective tissue problem suspected to be Elhes Danlos Syndrome, the pain may be musculoskeletal in origin. You may have a nerve compression from a thoracic disc prolapse and the chest pain can be due to the same.
If the pain persists you could have imaging studies. A chest ray would show if there is pnuemonia. A MRI of the thoracic spine would reveal if it is due to a disc prolapse.
Best wishes,
Dr. Noble Zachariah
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