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What Causes Sudden Left-sided Chest Pain?

Hello. I ve had pain around the left side of my chest for the past 9 years. 4 years ago, Doctor said it was pleurisy. Pain came back of recent and didn t want to take chances, so I did chest xray and ECG, all came out perfect. Kindly, what could be the problem? Pain is triggered when I do strenuous exercises. Dee.
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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If its nine years old, it's not going to get you. Positional and motion related discomfort that is worse with exercise is almost always musculoskeletal. It is usually related to the ribs, either at joints in the back, with the cartilage in front or at irritation of the muscles between the ribs. When its muscles, you can almost always point to it.
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What Causes Sudden Left-sided Chest Pain?

If its nine years old, it s not going to get you. Positional and motion related discomfort that is worse with exercise is almost always musculoskeletal. It is usually related to the ribs, either at joints in the back, with the cartilage in front or at irritation of the muscles between the ribs. When its muscles, you can almost always point to it.