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What can you do for chest tightness after working out?
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Trish: probably benign, but you deserve a workup for asthma, costochondritis (an arthritis, bursitis of the ribs), acid reflux, or less likely a heart issue. HRS, MD, FACC www.thepmc.org
Answered 3/31/2016
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