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What Causes Tight Sensation Under The Breasts And Ribcage?
I have tightness under my breast and ribcage like a tight belt and shortness of breath and chronic fatigue. All of these things started after treatment for uterine cancer. I had a total hysterectomy plus 6 rounds of chemo and radiation.I take no medication
Fri, 1 Dec 2017
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
The first thing you should do, is to have a chest CT. As you are a cancer patient, lungs metastases are the first things to be ruled out. Secondly you need to consult pulumunologist and have a spirometry done as asthma can be the case as well.
If you feel also tired, heart condition (post chemotherapy) should be checked by a cardiologist.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
Thank you for the query.
The first thing you should do, is to have a chest CT. As you are a cancer patient, lungs metastases are the first things to be ruled out. Secondly you need to consult pulumunologist and have a spirometry done as asthma can be the case as well.
If you feel also tired, heart condition (post chemotherapy) should be checked by a cardiologist.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
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