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I have sharp stabbing pain on the left side of my chest about 3 inches or so below the arm pit. what should i do? what tests should i have done?
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Emergency: Left side chest pain is always treated as an emergency as it can be caused by a variety of heart and/ or lung related life threatening conditions. With limited information available a visit to the closest ER will be appropriate and highly recommended.
Answered 7/30/2017
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