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What Causes Sharp Pain In My Back When In Sneeze Or Deep Breath?

I have a sharp stabbing pain in my back close to my left shoulder blade whenever I cough, take a deep breath or sneeze. I was diagnosed with pneumonia a month ago and was treated with iv antibiotics, could the back pain be from the pneumonia or is caused from something else?
Fri, 25 Apr 2014
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Hello
As you mentioned that there was pneumonia one month back and you took treatment .
Usually I recommend 4 weeks treatment for pneumonia ( depending upon the causative organism of pneumonia ) and within this duration it resolve.
Pain is a characteristic feature of pneumonia , if it does not resolve then pain persist . So please get in XRay of lung to know the exact situation of pneumonia site.
2nd reason of pain may be that this lesion ( as you mentioned in the query that lesion was in the left lung ) was not of pneumonia and may be a tubercular lesion , so get in an X RAY of the effected part . Also get in blood examination for E S R and sputum examination.
3 Third reason of this pain may be tumor ( as this is from one month and still persist) , so get in M R I of the part which is paining.
In my opinion consult a PULMONOLOGIST and get his opinion ( 2nd one ).
Good luck.
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What Causes Sharp Pain In My Back When In Sneeze Or Deep Breath?

Hello As you mentioned that there was pneumonia one month back and you took treatment . Usually I recommend 4 weeks treatment for pneumonia ( depending upon the causative organism of pneumonia ) and within this duration it resolve. Pain is a characteristic feature of pneumonia , if it does not resolve then pain persist . So please get in XRay of lung to know the exact situation of pneumonia site. 2nd reason of pain may be that this lesion ( as you mentioned in the query that lesion was in the left lung ) was not of pneumonia and may be a tubercular lesion , so get in an X RAY of the effected part . Also get in blood examination for E S R and sputum examination. 3 Third reason of this pain may be tumor ( as this is from one month and still persist) , so get in M R I of the part which is paining. In my opinion consult a PULMONOLOGIST and get his opinion ( 2nd one ). Good luck.