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Bf w bronchitis coughed so hard he had stabbing pain across top of chestfaded within 5 minutes. hasn't had symptoms in last hour. do we need doctor?

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Yes: A severe chest pain after coughing could be due to different things: chest wall muscle tear, rib fracture, lung collapse (pneumothorax)

Answered 5/13/2014

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