A member asked:

I also keep having a really sharp pain in like my deep lower throat and posterior upper back when i breathe in. it comes and goes. ?

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Dr. Anuj Malik answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

May be important: Hi Julia, the pain you are having is called "pleuritic" and is made worse by deep breathing, is well localized with one finger and can represent either a clot in the lung, inflammation of the layer around the heart or lung or a small lung infarct due to clot, or pneumonia. It can also be due to aorta tearing, particularly in patients with Marfan syndrome. Consult urgent care or primary doc OR ER

Answered 9/17/2015

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