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Q: heavy chest

asked by: sharni16 on October 18th, 2009

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last week a few days in a row i was woken up in the middle of the night with the feeling of 3 or 4 bricks on my chest i dont know what it was from as i have never had it before, please help if you can. i went to a doctor and he told me its just mucas but i had the episodes for 30 min each early in the morning around 5 ish.

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Shez

replied on November 16th, 2009

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Hi,

I would get a second opinion. If it was mucus have you brought it up? Do you feel breathless? Ask yourself these questions and see if another GP asks them if not mention it.

Shelby

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