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Severe chest pain when i cough or sneeze, what's wrong?

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chest pain: Multiple possibilities from intercostal muscle pain, through diaphragmatic pain to pleural inflammation and other causes. Get checked out by your dr. To see what's up.

Answered 1/19/2016

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