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Q: Chest pain after quitting
asked by: msgemini61975 on January 12th, 2009
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Hi, I quit smoking cold turkey 5 days ago (Thursday). Friday afternoon I started getting a dull pain in my left side of my back, then it moved to my left chest. It does not hurt when I breath, dance, take a very deep breath or anything like that... but it is very painful if I sneeze or do crunches. (Have no cough and I smoked 4 to 5 a day.) Does anyone know what this is?
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J3nnyuk
replied on January 12th, 2009
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hi well how old are you? how long you smoked for?
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msgemini61975
replied on January 12th, 2009
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I'm 33. I started smoking when I was 18, quit for a year when I was 28... smoked ever since then but not heavy.
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J3nnyuk
replied on January 12th, 2009
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hey ok, am no expert or anything but i have just recently given up smoking i am 23 and smoked since i was 13 i used to smoke 15-20 a day, and when i first quit (1 week into) i started having uncomfortable pains in my chest and like most woman i panicked i thought i was dying lol, seriously this lasted for about 2 weeks not continually but on/off, my doctor said it was because my lung were adjusting to no nicotine and they were starting to expand better sounds like that could be what is happening with you! hope i helped jenny
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msgemini61975
replied on January 12th, 2009
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Cool, thanks Jenny. I figured it was something normal. Ill go to the doctor if it last more than 2 weeks or gets worse.
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J3nnyuk
replied on January 12th, 2009
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good good glad i could help Smile
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