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Tight Chest, Mild Sweating, Shortness Of Breath. No Cough, Fever. Chest X-ray Clear. Reason?
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I have for the past 2 weeks had a tight chest almost feels like my lungs have shrunk, no fever or no productive cough. A couple of days of slight cold and flu like symptoms but no fever just mild sweating whilst relaxed. Shortness of breath on mild activity. Been on a 7 day coarse of clarithromycin but no changes. Chest muscles tender to the touch but no excessive coughing. Chest X-ray report is clear with no sign of infection? What else could this be? Doctors still says chest infection
I have for the past 2 weeks had a tight chest almost feels like my lungs have shrunk, no fever or no productive cough. A couple of days of slight cold and flu like symptoms but no fever just mild sweating whilst relaxed. Shortness of breath on mild activity. Been on a 7 day coarse of clarithromycin but no changes. Chest muscles tender to the touch but no excessive coughing. Chest X-ray report is clear with no sign of infection? What else could this be? Doctors still says chest infection
Fri, 12 Jul 2013
You seem to be suffering from RADS where in the airways become hyper sensitive, mostly following a chest infection-generally viral in nature and go into spasm on slighest of trigger like exposure to dust or smoke. You may have a feeling of tightness of chest and shortness of breath. You may get a spirometry done. Try nebulization with beta agonists like levoasthalin or take them as inhalers after consulting your doctor.
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