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Hii doctor i have been smoking from almost 1 year and have just quit 1 week ago,i am getting pain in my left chest few times a day,is this normal?
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No: often, when someone has been smoking for a while, the suppression of cough response and ciliary action in respiratory cells (little hairs that beat and bring mucous up) causes junk to accumulate in the lungs. After people stop smoking and the cough reflex starts to work again, they often bring up all that mucous, and the coughing can be associated with pain. If it is bothersome to you see doctor
Answered 1/16/2015
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