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What Causes Chest And Abdominal Pain While Laughing And Sneezing?
my son has 'internal' chest/abdomen pain which doesn't feel too bad until lying down, laughing, sneezing...Started Monday and gradually getting worse. He is 19, fairly fit and has increased his weightlifting activity over past couple of months but had not done any lifting on chest for over a week.....what could it be?
Tue, 28 Jan 2014
Infectious Diseases Specialist, Dr. Praveen G's Response
Hello, Welcome to HCM, As your son is doing lot of weightlifting he his putting lot of work on the muscles of the the body. As most of the weightlifter do lot of chest and abdominal workout, it will put lot of load on the muscle.While doing this the abdominal and thoracic pressure will increase which may lead to pain. While laughing and sneezing pressure in the abdomen increases which will leads to the abdominal pain. Hope I have cleared your doubt. Hoping to see more queries. Thank you.
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What Causes Chest And Abdominal Pain While Laughing And Sneezing?
Hello, Welcome to HCM, As your son is doing lot of weightlifting he his putting lot of work on the muscles of the the body. As most of the weightlifter do lot of chest and abdominal workout, it will put lot of load on the muscle.While doing this the abdominal and thoracic pressure will increase which may lead to pain. While laughing and sneezing pressure in the abdomen increases which will leads to the abdominal pain. Hope I have cleared your doubt. Hoping to see more queries. Thank you.