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Why when i laugh i got a chest pain or sometimes when i am sleeping i wake up suddenly due to chest pain?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Tietze's syndrome: Painful chest wall, painful but harmless.

Answered 11/20/2013

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