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Smoking, Tightness In The Chest, Lessens While Standing Or Moving. What Could This Be?

i was smoking about 5 months ago and out of no where i got the really strange tightness on the left side of my chest . It freaked me out so much and led to a panic attack. After that i stopped smoking for a few months. but during those few months i could get sharp pains in the left side of my chest. i went to our family doctor and he did an ekg and said that my heart was fine and that i had probably pulled a muscle. the pains still havent gone away for months now and i tried to smoke again about a week ago and i got that strange tightness again. it feels different this time because the last time it was gone when i woke up in the monring but this tightness has stayed about a week now and it switches the side of my chest it is on depending on which side im laying on. it lessens when i stand or move around. not sure wht to make of this btu very scared for my health. i am 20 yr old male and i have been smoking cigs for about 3 years and weed for about 4
Mon, 14 Oct 2013
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Your problem is of tightness mainly and the pain which is commonly seen in conditions like COPD and asthma however your age is very less to have a COPD.
As your doctor has already ruled out a heart disease its better to see a chest physician for the pain and get things worked up for asthma or any other lung disease by a lung function test and if need be a HRCT chest scan.
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Smoking, Tightness In The Chest, Lessens While Standing Or Moving. What Could This Be?

Your problem is of tightness mainly and the pain which is commonly seen in conditions like COPD and asthma however your age is very less to have a COPD. As your doctor has already ruled out a heart disease its better to see a chest physician for the pain and get things worked up for asthma or any other lung disease by a lung function test and if need be a HRCT chest scan.