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What Is The Solution For Chest Pain And Shortness Of Breath Due To Smoking?

I smoked weed the weekend and im 14 and had loads of fags about 15 the most in one weekend? now I have bad pain in my chest witch feels like my heart I have shortness of breath and have to keep to take deep breaths I don t want no one to find out about the weed and fags I am now going to stop smoking anything and these is the third day since and I am still feeling like this?
Thu, 29 Jan 2015
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
In my opinion you should first get done ECG to rule out cardiac cause for your chest pain because smoking can cause cardiac damage. If ECG is normal than no need to worry much for cardiac cause.
Chest pain and shortness of breath in smoker can be seen in pulmonary causes like bronchitis.
So consult pulmonologist and get done chest x ray and PFT (pulmonary function test) to rule out bronchitis.
For the treatment, smoking cessation is the primary thing. You have to quit smoking as soon as possible.
You may also require inhaled bronchodilators.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
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What Is The Solution For Chest Pain And Shortness Of Breath Due To Smoking?

Thanks for your question on HCM. In my opinion you should first get done ECG to rule out cardiac cause for your chest pain because smoking can cause cardiac damage. If ECG is normal than no need to worry much for cardiac cause. Chest pain and shortness of breath in smoker can be seen in pulmonary causes like bronchitis. So consult pulmonologist and get done chest x ray and PFT (pulmonary function test) to rule out bronchitis. For the treatment, smoking cessation is the primary thing. You have to quit smoking as soon as possible. You may also require inhaled bronchodilators. So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.