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Narrow chest
Narrow chest is a clinical finding where the diameter of the chest from left to right at the level of the nipples is less than normal for age, weight, and height.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Narrow chest?
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A 44-year old asked:
How can I fix a narrow chest and shoulders at 17?
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A 36-year old asked:
Narrow chest and shoulders as 'scrunching' from pectus excavatum at 65. What can I do?
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A 44-year old asked:
Symptoms of narrowed arteries in chest or chest aneurysm, what to do?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Narrowing vision, tight chest, light head, clamy, sweaty, feeling as if i was going to pass out. Got better once i sat down. Still having on and off chest pains, mostly on the left side. What could be the cause?
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A 45-year old asked:
What are symptoms of narrowed arteries in your chest or near your heart?
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A 18-year old male asked:
My body is'nt propotional as a male body - wider chest/hips, narrow waist (short lower ribs). Any exercises to expand lower ribs for rectangular body?
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A 46-year old male asked:
C4-c5 severe right neural foramen narrowing, mod left. C5-c6 mod bilateral narrowing. C6-c7 severe bilateral narrowing. Cause of chronic chest pain?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Suddenly been in a LOT of pain in my lower back/waist area for past 4 days. Im a female whos 18 y/o, 53, 250 lbs, & have a body figure consisting of: wide shoulders, a large chest size, narrow hips, fairly skinny legs, large bottom, large stomach.
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A 50-year old asked:
What work out best works out your chest wide grip or narrow grip?
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A 33-year old asked:
Chest tightness and esophagus narrow, what is this condition called?
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A 20-year old female asked about a 20-year old female:
Old man with sudden left side chest pain for 30 min, died after minutes.investigations show narrowing and obstruction of CA,is it cardiac arrythmia ?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Harder to breathe and swallow? I can't tell if my chest is tightened or not, it almost feels like my trachea and esophagus are narrow..
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A 27-year old female asked:
I have moderate narrowing of left common iliac vein, may thurner syndrome. Could that cause chest pains? Have chest pain,sob 1-3x's a wk,see EP nxt wk
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A 27-year old female asked about a 27-year old female:
Have may thurner syndrome,moderately narrowed iliac vein,venous insufficiency. Chest pain L side when exhaling.Could it be pul embolism?C vein dr Mon.
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A 46-year old male asked:
Cervical stenosis, disc bulge, foraminal narrowing. Could this cause ongoing chest and shoulder pain? Normal nuke stress, echo 2 yrs, plain ex. 7/12.
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A 42-year old male asked:
I have a dull and shallow chest pain generally on right side radiates to back , abdomen and centre and left side of the chest for the last couple of months , did ECG , echo , TMT , chest x ray all are normal , did angio it states LAD is narrowed 50?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Post acute migraine attack, for 3 days, feeling extreme fatigue, drowsiness, dizziness & palpitations on standing, very mild chest discomfort. BP 93/74 with narrow pulse pressure of 19, pulse is 112. Is this normal postdrome or should I be concerned?
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A 16-year old female asked:
My asthma has caused my airways to narrow and my lungs to inflate. I was told that this distress signals the accessory muscles of the neck and chest into action. Could this be why Ive experienced an uptake in tension(?) headaches and neck pain?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Can cervical disc buldge in c4-c6 with narrowing cause upper back pain cramp radiating to chest and left arm? Pain in back is like charlie horse.
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A 42-year old female asked about a 55-year old female:
What would cause on lung function tests, DLCO 60-75%, increased TLC and narrowing of air tubes? Finger o2 monitor 90%. Heart is fine, NAD on chest ct
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A 26-year old female asked:
Walked past a smoker twice who was just exhaling their cigarette. The street was very narrow and I was a couple of inches away from them and the smoke was very strong. Can this exposure cause lung cancer as took deep breath when walking past them?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Had a barium swallow showed a narrowing now need a CT scan what will this show also have a lump between my breast does not hurt but are these connect?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I have a pressure sensation under right ribs Felt more when sitting and laying on side. Often with many burps. Sometimes tingling sensation same location. Have a hiatal hernia, prior diskectomy L4-5, & canal narrowing lumbar spine. Why the sensation?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Pains in the chest at night?
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A 22-year old male asked:
What can cause pain on my chest?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Have buzzing in left chest area?
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A 42-year old female asked:
I have cold sensation in my chest?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Is it bad to have a rush on your chest?
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A 42-year old asked:
What kinds of chest exercises are good?
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