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All night i kept waking up with a sharp pain in my chest below my left nipple and still got it when i breath in deaply?
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Time to get seen: Pain with breathing is usually associated with a lung problem like pneumonia, pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung), or viral infections. You should get checked out by a physician today.
Answered 8/1/2014
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