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Does chest pain mean i could have pulmonary fibrosis?

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Not likely: Pulmonary fibrosis is a relatively rare disease. Chest pain is much more likely to be of a benign cause--musculoskeletal pain or something else. However, if you're having chest pain, you should really discuss that with your physician as we would want to be sure it's not your heart causing the pain.

Answered 7/23/2013

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Not likely: Chest pain has so many more common causes such as GERD or coronary artery disease. Pulmonary fibrosis is going to present more with feeling short of breath with exertion because less and less of the lung tissue is available for transfer of oxygen to the blood.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Sue Ferranti answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Probably not...: Cheat pain is not a typical symptom of pulmonary fibrosis. See your doctor to evaluate any chest pain so that it can be treated and so cardiac etiologies can be ruled out.

Answered 7/22/2012

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