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What is the definition or description of: tightness?
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Unpleasant feeling?: Tightness can mean different states at distinctive times. The most common is the complaint of tightness of chest, a feeling of discomfort, real or perceived, seen often in patients with asthma or panic disorder, or heart attack. Your physician will decide the cause.
Answered 2/9/2017
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