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Why would a 12yr old complain of sharp pain once every few weeks in chest area apon breathing can be brought on by no activity just taking in a breath?
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Hyperventilation?: Or costochondritis - pain in the cartilage at the rib tips, some similarity to the process in sever's disease.
Answered 10/20/2013
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