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Anyone know what is a stabbing pain in the lung when you breathe ?
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Lung or rib: Your family physician should be able to distinguish between rib pain ( intercostal neuralgia) which can radiate from front to back of chest, and pain from the lung (intrathoraic). This would include pleurisy (pleuritis) , various forms of pneumonia, excercise induced asthma, . Finally , costochondritis, an inflammation of the cartilage at the breastbone (sternum) can cause severe pain (tietzes s.
Answered 5/26/2016
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