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I have the flu, and it seems to be worse, it hurts my chest cavity to swollow food now, could it be pleurisy?
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Possibly: But it sounds more like you have esophagitis inflammation of the tube that carries food to your stomach pleurisy generally would cause chest pain with cough and deep breathing . check with your doctor but you could try and acid blocker like prevacid (lansoprazole)
Answered 2/8/2015
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