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I am having upper right chest and back pain, i don' t have insurance. is this an emergency?
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Can't really tell: This is one reason why every american needs insurance. One's doctor can help decide whether symptoms are an emergency. If one has heart disease, or a family history of it; or one has diabetes or high cholesterol, or there is trouble breathing; or nausea with tightness inside the chest; or one feels a sense of doom, that something bad might happen, etc..., then a trip to the E.R. Is a good idea.
Answered 12/9/2013
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