A 28-year-old female asked:
How can you get trapped gas off your chest and sides?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 49 years experience
Evaluation: Try using over the counter gas relief medication.
I have been fooled before with the diagnosis of "gas". Get checked for pain in chest and sides-asap.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
How does trapped gas get in your chest?
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Dr. Philip Chaoanswered
Radiology 40 years experience
In your chest : Air goes in and out of your lungs. Any trapping might cause one lung to inflate more than the other. If you get a bleb which ruptures you get a pneumothorax. If you have any shortness or breath or feel you have air trapping - see your doctor who will listen to your lungs and confirm this.
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Trapped gas in the chest for years?
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Dr. Charles Cattanoanswered
Gastroenterology 41 years experience
Maybe reflux, but...: If symptoms originate in esophagus (rather than adjacent structures), the most common cause of your complaint is gastroesophageal reflux possibly accompanied by esophageal dysmotility. However, my answer changes if you have underlying cardiac, pulmonary, or mediastinal conditions.
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