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Tightness, made worse by coughing or sneezing
Tightness, made worse by coughing or sneezing
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 54-year old female asked:
Eating Ritz crackers & cheese went to sneeze and inhaled instead I felt the crumbs of the chewed cracker and maybe cheese go into lung .I Lost my breath for a bit & continue to cough a while. Now chest is a bit tight . Should I be concerned ?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I have a chest pain / very tight. Random cough to try and see if it works to clear it up. Not phlegm. No sneezing. No sore throat. Usually feels like this in the morning and evening but now the whole time ?
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A 37-year old female asked:
When I tighten stomach muscles (or cough or sneeze), then relax, I feel bubbles moving around in my upper left abdomen. could it just be gas? this is the 2nd day in a row?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Having blood smell when I'm coughing sneezing and having tightness in chest pls explain the type of disorder what I'm having?
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A 47-year old asked:
My chest is tight, runny nose, sneezing, and coughing-- am i sick?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Son had flu,now I am sneezing,coughing,white yellow mucous _From lungs,coldness in chest,cold sweats on and off,chest tightness,no fever?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I am concerned that Im showing symptoms of corona. I have a tight chest, regular headaches, fever, and infrequent coughing and sneezing. My throat is also sore. Ive also been in the vicinity of someone who has tested positively for the virus. ?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I keep having pain by both my kidneys I feel it paining in my back even when I sneeze or cough the pain remains there and is even worse?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I have a terrible pain in my right side just under my ribs when i sneeze or cough it gets worse?
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A 50-year old male asked:
I get a medium kind of stabbing pain in my right side of my upper back when i sneeze or cough... Worse when i sneeze.
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A female asked:
I have been getting random sharp pains that are on the right side of my chest. The pains are worse when I sneeze, yawn or cough. What could it be?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I've had chronic cough 4 over 15 ys, with mucus every time I cough or even sneeze hard. Got worse recently, I sound like an old harmonica when I caugh?
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A female asked:
I havee had constant pain in my forehead for 6 days that gradually gets worse if I cough or sneeze?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Sharp pain in llq. Worse w/ cough/sneeze. It feels like something is ripping. Did just start working out. Is it a muscle?
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A 29-year old male asked:
I have been getting a pain in my upper back and is worse when i swallow food and the food passes that area or when i cough or sneeze.
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A 47-year old female asked:
I have a wet cough. Stuffy nose and sometimes get a headache. I took my temperature and it is normal but my cough is starting to get worse. Painful. Someone sneezed right next to me on 14 March. ?
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A male asked:
Have lower left abdominal pain it gets worse and worse as i cough and sneeze. Someone please help me and tell me what is wrong?
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A male asked:
Right side of neck and ribs Hurt when cough sneeze lay on the right side and whemn I take deep or semi deedeep breath and its getting worse?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I'm 38 & 10 weeks pregnant. I have really sharp pains in my stomach when i move. It's worse when i sneeze or cough. Is this normal?
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A 29-year old female asked:
My 1 month old has a cough. The doc said it was no more than a slight cold but its getting worse. Sneezing too. No fever or distress. ?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I have a sharp stabbing pain, below my navel right hand side. Gets worse if I cough, sneeze or even move. If I stay in 1 position it subsides for a while then comes back. The pain is off and on for the past week.
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A 24-year old female asked:
I am experiencing severe headache of sudden onset, lasting > 3 hours, on the back side, that gets worse with bending forward, changes in sleep pattern, sneeze or cough, being tired, that is unaffected by psychological stress, exercise, being at high altit
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A female asked:
Chest pain in stermun. hurts when sneeze and cough. the worse pain is when i wake up whole chest and collar bone hurts. xray was clear?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have upper abdomen pain for three days, I don't know what it is. It stops when I lie down, and gets worse when I sneeze, cough, hiccup, or yawn.
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A 58-year old female asked:
Sharp pain on L follows ribs from back/front. Any Mvmnt, cough, sneeze, breathing causes stabbing pain. Been 3 wks getting worse.No fever, just pain!
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A 29-year old female asked:
I am experiencing moderate headache of sudden onset, lasting < 1 hour, on front and right sides, that gets worse with bending forward, sneeze or cough, psychological stress, exercise, being tired, and with a stinging or burning sensation, with dull or ach
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A 30-year old male asked:
I am experiencing slow thinking, moderate headache of gradual onset, lasting > 3 hours, on the front side, that gets worse with psychological stress, being tired, that is unaffected by bending forward, changes in sleep pattern, sneeze or cough, exercise,
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A 47-year old female asked:
I have been getting severe pain in the back of my left thigh, it is worse when sneezing or cough. Stomache sore too. Any ideas?
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A member asked:
What can cause sharp abdominal pain? I have sharp lower right abdominal pain since the morning of thanksgiving. It is worse when i wake up in the morning and unbearable when i cough/sneeze. I hasve no ovaries or tube on the right side. & i show no other s
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A 23-year old female asked:
I am experiencing difficulty breathing through nose on one side, moderate headache of sudden onset, lasting 1 - 3 hours, on front and right sides, that gets worse with sneeze or cough, being tired, that is unaffected by bending forward, changes in sleep p
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
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