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What Causes Upper Back Pain?

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Posted on Mon, 29 Dec 2014
Question: Upper back pain where lung is. Daughter had pneumonia 2 weeks ago. I have no coughing or fever. Just the pain in my upper back, it could be I pulled something. Could this be pneumonia?
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Answered by Dr. Chobufo Ditah (22 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
No, very unlikely to be pneumonia!

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.

I am so sorry to hear about this pain. Pneumonia usually presents with cough, shortness of breath, fever and maybe pain. This is not typical of your symptoms. I will lean more towards a probable muscle pain. I recommend that you take pain medications such as Tylenol and Ibuprofen. This would get the symptoms resolved. If this fails to happen, only then and then would I want to get an xray and examination to understand more about this.

II hope this helps. I wish you well. Thank you so much for using our services and feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.
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What Causes Upper Back Pain?

Brief Answer: No, very unlikely to be pneumonia! Detailed Answer: Hi and thank you so much for this query. I am so sorry to hear about this pain. Pneumonia usually presents with cough, shortness of breath, fever and maybe pain. This is not typical of your symptoms. I will lean more towards a probable muscle pain. I recommend that you take pain medications such as Tylenol and Ibuprofen. This would get the symptoms resolved. If this fails to happen, only then and then would I want to get an xray and examination to understand more about this. II hope this helps. I wish you well. Thank you so much for using our services and feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.