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“Lung, bone, gallbladder, pancreas, stomach, and soft tissue conditions can result in chest pain or discomfort on the left side,” says cardiologist Noel Bairey Merz, MD, director of the ...
What causes lower left abdominal pain? Lower left abdominal pain can have many causes, ranging from minor to serious, says Andrew Boxer, M.D., gastroenterologist of Gastroenterology Associates of ...
Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and Bronchospasm. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Chest pain usually happens during a strenuous activity or heavy exercise.
Chest pain that gets worse when you inhale deeply is called "pleuritic pain," Martin explains. Pericarditis can cause pleuritic pain, but this type of discomfort is typically related to lung ...
The defining symptom of pleurisy is a sudden sharp, stabbing, burning or dull pain in the right or left side of the chest during breathing, especially when one inhales and exhales. [9] It feels worse with deep breathing, coughing, sneezing, or laughing. The pain may stay in one place, or it may spread to the shoulder or back. [10]
Symptoms may include pain, [3] orthopnea, (shortness of breath when lying flat), [4] and coughing. In people with herniation of abdominal organs, signs of intestinal blockage or sepsis in the abdomen may be present. [5] Bowel sounds may be heard in the chest, and shoulder or epigastric pain may be present.
“Left breast pain or just left-sided chest pain can be a wide variety of things,” he says. ... and chronic pancreatitis typically have pain in the upper abdomen that may spread to the back ...
Costochondritis, also known as chest wall pain syndrome or costosternal syndrome, is a benign inflammation of the upper costochondral (rib to cartilage) and sternocostal (cartilage to sternum) joints. 90% of patients are affected in multiple ribs on a single side, typically at the 2nd to 5th ribs. [1]