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Suggest Treatment For Large Painful Lump On The Chest
a friend has periods where she s eating where she describes a hard knot in her chest and she can t swallow and ends up coughing up tons of mucus. She claims this is an asthma attack but is it really? She doesn t seem to have trouble breathing during this.
Tue, 24 May 2016
This problem may arise from either mechanical obstruction in the upper GI tract or functional problems (pathological oesophageal movements or constrictions). Among the first diagnostic procedures are upper GI and chest x-ray.
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