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Why Do I Sometimes Get Sharp Pain On Left Side Of My Chest With Difficulty In Breathing?

I've been having share pains on the left side of my chest for years. It'll be a sharp pain making it uncomfortable to breathe inhale and exhale for a couple of seconds and then it goes away. I've noticed over the last few months that I get the pains when I laugh hard. However its happened before even when I didn't laugh.
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Hi. From your history the pain in the chest looks to be due to swelling of the joints between the ribs and mid-line bone of chest called sternum ( costo-chondral joints) . On a safer side it is always better to have one ECG and X-ray chest to see there is no other bothersome ( serious ) problem .
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Why Do I Sometimes Get Sharp Pain On Left Side Of My Chest With Difficulty In Breathing?

Hi. From your history the pain in the chest looks to be due to swelling of the joints between the ribs and mid-line bone of chest called sternum ( costo-chondral joints) . On a safer side it is always better to have one ECG and X-ray chest to see there is no other bothersome ( serious ) problem .