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What Is The Reason For Tightness And Pain In The Chest?
I'm a 21 year old female who is 16 days postpartum and for the last 2-3 days i have begun to feel a tightness sort of heavy feeling around my heart/in my chest...also i'm experiencing sharp knife/stabbing pain in my abdomen/below the incision...i had a c-section but with my previous c-section i didn't experience the knife/stabbing pain...what could it be should i be worried...i do have a history of heart conditions as a baby that required yearly ekg's and etc for a while
Fri, 17 Jun 2016
tightness and heaviness may occur normally with muscle pain, sharp pain in abdominal incision is due to in surgery small cutaneous nerves will be cut that is not a major problem.no need to concern about it
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