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A member asked:

It hurts under my armpit and rib cage when i breath i also have some sort of purplish rash on my right hand what should i do?

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Pleurisy or muscular: Most of the time pain in the chest is either from inflammation of the lining of the lungs known as pleurisy or from a muscle pull/strain.

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Answered 8/17/2013

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