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I keep getting real bad pain on my left side kind of on my waist line. its like a stabbing pain and it takes my breath away for a few seconds?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Pleurisy?: Inflamation of the lung lining but it could be other things, have it checked.

Answered 4/13/2015

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