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My left side chest pain while breathing, should i be worried?

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Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Pain with breathing: Pain with breathing could be due to a variety of reasons, e.g. Muscle, bone, lining of the lungs (pleural), etc. Not all diagnoses are "worrisome" however you should first be evaluated to determine what the cause of your pain is before one can tell if it is serious or not.

Answered 1/29/2018

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