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I'm 23, female, averagr weight. i've been feeling a dull pain in my middle upper chest that gets sharp and spreads down at times, what could this be?
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Costochondritis: Usually sharp worse w deep breath, cough, laugh and reproducible if you push on it. If pain goes thru your chest to the back, or short of breath that keeps worsening then see doctor and get chest x-ray.
Answered 6/17/2017
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