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Chest heaviness and light pain
What is the reason for chest heaviness and kind of slow pain in chest only at sleeping time. It is only when I sleeping straight(chest up) and when I side sleeping then don't feel heaviness.
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Please consult with a General Physician in your area who can examine you physically and suggest appropriate treatment.
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Dont lie immediately after meal.
Give a 1 hr walk.. after meal before you sleep
Take one PAn 40 in the morning
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investigations like chest x ray and ecg are required further evaluation and treatment
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for clinical evaluation visit your physician or see a chest medicine expert.
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I’m thinking it might be some valvular condition. You need an actual workup for this.
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Consult a cardiologist nearby. Since we can’t listen to murmur or lung crackles online.
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Dr. Vivek Dasgupta
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5 yrs exp
Bongaigaon
Do a Chest Xray.
Sometimes Cardiomegaly or thickening of the pleura of lungs or sometimes because of fluid accumulation in lungs can lead to heaviness.
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