lungs

[mollymop]

good morning! i have asthma and im recovering from a bad cold. im still trying to get rid of a perssistant cough, which my inhalors aint working at all. i can feel the mucus building up but the thing that is really worrying me is the constant aching pain that i have in the front left side lung. could you please tell me what it is as i dont want to bother my dr.

[mollymop]

thank you for your reply. ive been for a third visit to my drs and she has put me on a second course of antibiotics, so hopefully this will work. i havnt walked long enough to see if the pain is still there but will be over the next couple of days with it being christmas.
merry christmas to you and i will keep you updated. thank you very much for your help..

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

If with movement you are getting pain it is likely to be an inflammation of the skin, subcutaneous tissue or the bone. This can happen with injury, repetitive activity or an infection of the skin. Sometimes it can be costo-chondritis, inflammation of the sterna rib junction. The constant coughing could cause muscle strain and chest pain. Sometimes the pleura, the lining of the chest cavity and lungs can get inflamed causing pain with coughing.

If the pain is aggravated with work or exercise then it could be due to cardiac pain. But when in doubt always best to have it checked. So please consult your primary care physician who may ask for an EKG or a treadmill test to rule out a cardiac cause for the pain.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.