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Is stress a go to diagnosis? why wouldn't a doctor invesigate severe back/chest pain and sob beyond cardiac issues? 30 and in severe pain daily

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Dr. Rodney Del Valle answered

Yes: Stress can worse or mimic many organic disease diagnosis. But diagnosis of chronic pain, like, fibromyalgia, can worse with sever unrecognized stress. We, physicians, tend to ruled out organic conditions first, them look into psychosomatic relationship to symptoms.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Is stress a go to diagnosis? why wouldn't a doctor invesigate severe back/chest pain and sob beyond cardiac issues? 30 and in severe pain daily

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