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What Is The Treatment For Chest Pain?
my grandmother has emphysema and has been complaining about one side of her ribs and going into her back feeling like they have been stretched out like an acordian. she has been in severe pain for over a year now and still her doctor cannot give her an answer or relieve the pain
Mon, 20 Jul 2015
thanks for your question
in my patients i rule out the causes of chest pain such as lung related or heart related by chest xray , ecg , and if needed an echo .
causes in elderly which causes chest pain are cardiac related , neuralgic , costochondritis
disscuss these points with a general physician in order to rule out the causes
in case no cause is found consider talking to your physician if an analgesic and a multivitamin and a proton pump inhibitor can be prescribed
thanks
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in my patients i rule out the causes of chest pain such as lung related or heart related by chest xray , ecg , and if needed an echo .
causes in elderly which causes chest pain are cardiac related , neuralgic , costochondritis
disscuss these points with a general physician in order to rule out the causes
in case no cause is found consider talking to your physician if an analgesic and a multivitamin and a proton pump inhibitor can be prescribed
thanks
feel free to ask more questions
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