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Instaninstantly i take a deep breath in and all of the sudden i get the most severe body aches the last the day or morethis has happened to me a few t?

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?nerve pain: This sounds like an area of irritability in a nerve or muscle of your rib cage. If a nerve in the rib cage gets pinched with a deep breath, a sharp, shooting pain often occurs. This would be a localized pain though. See your md if symptoms continue.

Answered 4/11/2014

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