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What should i do if a patient has chest pain?
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Find reason: Chest pain can be from trivial reasons or very serious ones. The patient needs to see a doctor who can by taking a history, examining, and ordering tests determine why there is pain. The treatment depends on finding the reason for the pain.
Answered 12/8/2016
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CP! Yes: Chest pain can be due to- heart attacks, aneurysm, pericarditis, pleurisy, pneumonia, acid reflux, 'gas', esophagitis, pulmonary embolism, gall bladder disease, costochondritis, rib fractures, cancers etc. Get evaluated.
Answered 12/9/2013
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