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Gbs patient with tracheostomy no known previous heart condition. complaining about chest tightness. what could this be? please answer asap.

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Chest wall?: Guillain-Barré syndrome causes muscle weakness and if then muscle cramping or muscle pain. If a tracheostomy is needed to support breathing the chest wall muscles are involved. If labs and X-ray's rule out heart disease and pneumonia the symptoms are likely muscle related.

Answered 6/10/2014

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