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A 18-year old female asked:

I am an FTM Transgender and was wondering if it would be a problem to chest bind having an open VSD repair as an infant?

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A 49-year old asked:

How do I bring out my funnel chest?

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A 16-year old male asked:

Do i have to get surgery for my funnel chest?

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A 46-year old asked:

Funnel chest - are you born with it or does it develop?

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A 34-year old asked:

Will a surgery for a funnel chest ever revert years after the surgery is done?

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A male asked:

Can you get surgury to sort out a funnel chest if so how old do you have to be?

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A 31-year old female asked:

When sick, is it ok to rub Vicks on your chest? I heard doing that can cause pneumonia because it opens up your pores..

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A 40-year old asked:

Cough, burning chest, nasuea, nasal passages open, headaches?

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A 39-year old asked:

Does working out reduce funnel chest?

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A 31-year old male asked:

Hi would pulmicor work if i have covid to open my chest ?

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A 38-year old asked:

Are there exercises you can do to slowly correct a funnel chest?

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A 44-year old asked:

Are there non-surgical ways of treating a funnel chest?

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A 41-year old asked:

Are there ways to prevent the symptoms of funnel chest?

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A 20-year old female asked:

Should i leave my chest tube wound open or taped up even if its still hasn't really closed up?

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A 50-year old asked:

I have both a pigeon chest and a funnel chest. Can I get this fixed? At what age are you too old to have this fixed?

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A 34-year old asked:

I have left my chest tube wound open over night to help heal its been 3.5 weeks it's so painful underneath when will I feel better?

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A 24-year old female asked:

Had a bump show up on my upper chest by neck 7yrs ago was told to cut it open and pull a sack out of it i did that but it just broke in two?

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A male asked:

I have just had operation for anurysum. I had my chest cut open and a successful graft put in place can u tell me how long I will live. I feel ok?

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A 29-year old female asked:

Sudden wake up by alarm then just can't open my eyes. feeling scary downfall, feeling pain on chest. its last may be 5 min & after that feel headche?

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A 44-year old male asked:

I'm mid-40s and only just discovered I have funnel chest. In the past, docs told me not to worry about it when I asked what it was. Now I'm concerned!

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A 27-year old male asked:

I have Pneumothorax surgery(VATS failed then open chest successful).It was 6 years ago and on left side.Can i go for gyming and weights now.

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A 65-year old female asked:

I've had constant dizziness & some pain/pressure down the center of my chest since my angiogram (no blockage seen or repaired) 2 weeks ago. Normal?

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A 43-year old asked:

Do heart bypass surgeries require cracking the chest open?

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A male asked:

What it means a XR chest pa and lateral [71020 cpt(r)] i was born with a broken chest and i got a surgury of a open heart

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A 47-year old asked:

What to do if I have a fractured pacemaker lead, they want to move my pacemaker up to my chest. will this require open heart?

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A 29-year old male asked:

Im 29 years old had a vsd repair when i was born and know I have chest pains and shortness of breath all test came back normal?

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A 28-year old female asked:

8month baby ate 1oz of lentil.rash in his chin, and chest.ate at 4pm,it's being 7hrs still not disappearing.pedi open at 9am.what can I do now?

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A 25-year old male asked:

Hi, Im worried I have some kind of chest infection and would please like advice. It feels more serious than I initially thought, but since there are no open doctors I am wondering if I should go to emergency room?

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A 37-year old male asked:

Morning docter I have a closed chest and struggle to breathe feels like alot of flem on my chest that does not want to come out is there maybe anything i can get over the counter to open my chest maybe something to break the flem?

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A 46-year old asked:

I have got funnel chest (pectus excavatum); how bad it has to be to have surgery?

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