Pulmonologist Questions Chest Pain

I am having some chest pain when I breathe. What could It be?

For the last couple of days I am feeling a sore type of pain and a tightness in the chest whenever I breathe. It isn't severe but it is noticeable. I've never had allergies before, but could that be it? What could it be?

1 Answer

It could be muscle pain from the chest wall muscles (if you have been coughing excessively recently), or pain from the ribs, if you hurt your chest recently, or it could be an infection/inflammation of the lining of the lung (pleurisy).