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What Causes Excessive Belching With Back Pain?
My sister has been belching a lot. She has a cough and has had a lot of back pain. Had a EKG done..it was normal, Had a chest xray and the doctor wants her to have a cat scan Told her the radiologist didn t think something looked right on the right side of her heart., What could it be? They haven t scheduled it yet.
Wed, 18 Jan 2017
Hi,
I really appreciate your concern. It must be some lesion (Suspected ) so CT imaging being advised it is just to clear the doubt of some disease and most of the time it is the malignancy doctor wants to rule out, still you can discuss it with doctor. Sometimes it may be artifact that mimics some thing else resembles to some pathology.
Hope this information helps. Let me know if I an assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Akhtarhusain Shaikh
I really appreciate your concern. It must be some lesion (Suspected ) so CT imaging being advised it is just to clear the doubt of some disease and most of the time it is the malignancy doctor wants to rule out, still you can discuss it with doctor. Sometimes it may be artifact that mimics some thing else resembles to some pathology.
Hope this information helps. Let me know if I an assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Akhtarhusain Shaikh
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