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Very painfull burning.stabbing pain under right breast.last 3-4 seconds then dissappear and is very frequent?

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Intercostal neuralgi: It all depends on a lot of factors : duration, character of pain, location, preceding factors, relation to the underlying organs. Could be pleuritis, herpes zoster, muscle spasm. Please provide more info.

Answered 7/27/2016

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