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I have severe pain on my chest and a tight chest feeling and get very hot and sweat and then ice cold i am a ashma sufferer?

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Severe chest pain: with tightness and sweating must be considered a medical emergency: please get to an ER or urgent care clinic-now, im fact, have someone drive you there. Cardiac and pulmonary issues must be considered.

Answered 1/5/2019

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