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Teen, Mild Tightness In Chest Followed By Tightness And Freezing In Upper Back. Cause?
hiy I m 14 and male I was led in my bed watching tv and I felt a mild tightness in the left side of my chest , about 20 mins later started to get annoying so rubbed it , then I got up and my upper back feels tight and cold , and left shoulder , I have anxiety and I can breathe ok, but I m scared and need answers quick, please help
Tue, 28 Aug 2012
hi
thanks for your query.
chest tightness may be an early feature of asthma for which i will suggest you to have a pulmonary function testing with bronchodialator reversibility to check whether there is any obstructive airway disease or not. If present you need to be treated with proper asthma medication
i dont know whether you have a family history of asthma and atopy or not. because these will be more suggestive of asthma.
dont be panicked. take alprazolam 0.25 mg daily at bed time for 2 weeks to cut off your anxiety. along with that test i also suggest you to go for an ECG and TMT.
i think u will get some clue from these tests.
thank you.
for further queries you may mail me on drarnabmaji@gmail.com
thanks for your query.
chest tightness may be an early feature of asthma for which i will suggest you to have a pulmonary function testing with bronchodialator reversibility to check whether there is any obstructive airway disease or not. If present you need to be treated with proper asthma medication
i dont know whether you have a family history of asthma and atopy or not. because these will be more suggestive of asthma.
dont be panicked. take alprazolam 0.25 mg daily at bed time for 2 weeks to cut off your anxiety. along with that test i also suggest you to go for an ECG and TMT.
i think u will get some clue from these tests.
thank you.
for further queries you may mail me on drarnabmaji@gmail.com
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