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Hello, i have a harsh pain when i swallow in my upper chest, upper back and neck. it feels like muscle pain, could it be a cold? thanks in advance.
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Important: Your symptoms are indicative of something in your esophagus causing referred pain to the chest, back and neck. It can also be due conditions of the other organs in the mediastinum. Please see your family physician at the earliest who will probably gave to run some tests to diagnose and treat this condition.
Answered 1/24/2014
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