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For the past week i noticed a moderate pain and sensation of pressure just below my sternum, accompanied by strong hunger pangs. suggestions?
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Check on chest pain: Chest pain is nothing to ignore! the potential origin of your symptoms includes: heart, lungs, mediastinum, esophagus, musculoskeletal, pericardium (sac around the heart), pleuritis, bronchiitis, or referred pain from a remote site. Your doctor will be concerned about accompanying fever, blood with coughing, vomiting, shortness or breath, difficulty reclining, tenderness. May just be GERD, but...
Answered 9/5/2018
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