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A 25-year-old female asked:

Have a sore chest. lungs keep filling with mucus very wheezy feels heavy. clears with coughing but fills up again feels like an effort to breathe?

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Dr. Gerald Mandellanswered

Nuclear Medicine 54 years experience

Maybe asthma: Sounds like reactive airway disease or asthma or possibly bronchitisThe symptoms of asthma include: feeling short of breath.frequent coughing, especially at night,wheezing (a whistling noise during breathing,difficulty breathingand chest tightness. You should consult physican for physical exam and possible testing and imaging.

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