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Can Anxiety Cause Heaviness In The Chest And Difficulty In Breathing?
I'm 18 years old and a few days ago I had a pull or tug-like feeling in the left-side of my chest. Although that's subsided over the course of a couple of days, I've noticed that my chest feels heavy and it's becoming more of an effort to breathe. Could this be anxiety or could something really be wrong?
Fri, 2 Jan 2015
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Welcome here.
Heaviness in chest could be due to anxiety provided the medical conditions have been ruled out.
I would advise you to go for ECG and pulmonary function tests to rule out heart and lung pathology.
Visit a physician for further evaluation.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Welcome here.
Heaviness in chest could be due to anxiety provided the medical conditions have been ruled out.
I would advise you to go for ECG and pulmonary function tests to rule out heart and lung pathology.
Visit a physician for further evaluation.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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