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Xiphisternal pain when i press there. now i am having pain there a lot. sometimes hard to breath. what does it mean?
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May need ER exam: Chest pain usually needs an ER visit. Shortness of breath is not normal, unless it is the mild temporary type with sports activities (but even then, one must be sure he is not having more shortness of breath than his sports peers have). Some reasons for shortness of breath include heart arrhythmia, pneumothorax, fluid around the heart, lung fluid, asthma, pneumonia, bad costochondritis, etc...
Answered 12/22/2019
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