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What Causes Chest Pain And Shortness Of Breath?

Good morning I m suffered a little with chest pain and shortness or breath when I breath in. I cant take a deep breath. Im 34 had a c section nearly 8 weeks ago and everything went well. My bones are still achey but I think that s normally It the sharp pain I get when trying to breath I m.worrying about ?? Any suggestions ??
Mon, 18 Dec 2017
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hi mam,first of all congratulations for a baby.bony aches are not uncommon and can be relieved by calcium and vitamin D.regarding the chest pain,as its sharp and mainly occurs with deep breath,the following are the possibilities:
1)pleura(the covering membranes of lungs) inflammation or effusion(collection of fluid) that occurs in pneumonia,tuberculosis,viral infections etc.
2)pain due to muscle spasm.
please dont panic.in the first case,you will have other symptoms also like cough,fever,weight loss etc.you can rule out pleura and lung pathology by a simple chest x-ray or ultrasound chest.for muscle spasm,you can have an analgesic like paracetamol or aceclofenac.if the pain doesnt subside,then you can go for the above mentioned investigations.hope i'm clear.any other issues that i can deal with,please do write to us.take good care of yourself and baby.thank you.bye.
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What Causes Chest Pain And Shortness Of Breath?

hi mam,first of all congratulations for a baby.bony aches are not uncommon and can be relieved by calcium and vitamin D.regarding the chest pain,as its sharp and mainly occurs with deep breath,the following are the possibilities: 1)pleura(the covering membranes of lungs) inflammation or effusion(collection of fluid) that occurs in pneumonia,tuberculosis,viral infections etc. 2)pain due to muscle spasm. please dont panic.in the first case,you will have other symptoms also like cough,fever,weight loss etc.you can rule out pleura and lung pathology by a simple chest x-ray or ultrasound chest.for muscle spasm,you can have an analgesic like paracetamol or aceclofenac.if the pain doesnt subside,then you can go for the above mentioned investigations.hope i m clear.any other issues that i can deal with,please do write to us.take good care of yourself and baby.thank you.bye.