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Re: left side chest pain

From: ~KC
Date: 06 Apr 2004
Time: 05:23:51
Remote Name: 66.233.102.185

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I've had deep and sharp pain in my chest/lungs since I was about 12-14 (15 years). It was sometimes incited (and strongly exacerbated) by excercise, even light stuff. Anything that got me huffing a puffing a little. I've even gotten it in a relaxed state though. It is not stress related in my case. Once during two-a-day swim team sprints it got really bad, but my coach said if I quite I would be off the team. I was in so much pain I was literally crying, but I keep doing the sprints. After that I asked my Dad (a GP and surgeon) what is was and said most likely pleurisy, an inflamation of the lining of the lung.

That's why the pain is so sharply associated with breathing. It can make taking a deep breath absoluting excruciating. Sometimes it's not extremely bad, but it is always a sharp pain. With me it can last hours or a day or more.

Here's some more information about it:

Pleurisy, also called pleuritis, is an inflammation of the pleura, which is the moist, double-layered membrane that surrounds the lungs and lines the rib cage. The condition can make breathing extremely painful, and sometimes it is associated with another condition called pleural effusion where excess fluid fills the area between the membrane's layers.

and a link to info at WEB MD:

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/7/1680_53636

Hope this helps some! ~KC


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