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What Causes Sudden Pain In The Upper Right Chest Of A Diabetic?
I have been having pain in my upper right chest lately. It comes on all of a sudden where my chest becomes tight when I am doing nothing. I am a diabetic and have a history of heart disease and cancer on both sides of my family. At this moment while I am typing my chest is getting tight. Can you tell me what might be the cause of this please.
Hello and welcome to HCM. As you are known diabetic,it is necessary to do ECG ,stress test to rule out coronary artery disease,one of the silent complication of diabetes. I recommend- -Keep diabetes within control by timely medications and follow up for checking blood glucose control and ruling out complications.
If all comes normal and pain persists or is associated with other complaints like fever,nausea,shortness of breath,further assessment through chest X ray and USG will be required to rule out conditions like pleural disease,pulmonary embolism ,gall bladder disease etc
Hope this information helps. Thanks and regards.
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What Causes Sudden Pain In The Upper Right Chest Of A Diabetic?
Hello and welcome to HCM. As you are known diabetic,it is necessary to do ECG ,stress test to rule out coronary artery disease,one of the silent complication of diabetes. I recommend- -Keep diabetes within control by timely medications and follow up for checking blood glucose control and ruling out complications. If all comes normal and pain persists or is associated with other complaints like fever,nausea,shortness of breath,further assessment through chest X ray and USG will be required to rule out conditions like pleural disease,pulmonary embolism ,gall bladder disease etc Hope this information helps. Thanks and regards.