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What Causes Sharp Pain In The Chest?
for most of my life I have had random sharp chest pains. it makes it hard to do much of anything while its happening. i am a male, 180 pounds, 5 foot 6 inches tall. i do not have a diabeties diagnosis. i smoke and am slightly overweight although i engage in physical activity through manual labor. any ideas on what it could be?
Mon, 8 May 2017
chest pain can be due to various medical conditions in your thoracic cavities.you have to note that at what part of our chest it is .it can be due to digestive causes ,spinal cord,sternum,ribs,muscles on thoracic cavity, cardiac.check your blood pressure daily .go to doctor immediately if your chest pain radiates to your arm or jaw,if along with pain you also feel breathlessness or nausea,if your blood pressure is low or extremely high
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