Chest tightness and pain

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Tight chest and pain in the morning. Basically I wake up to this tightness and pain like as if my lungs is tightly stuck in between the ribs. Very difficult to breadth cause there is already pain and it increases and the tightness also increases with each breadth. But when I stand up or sit on the bed, it subsides gradually. I smoke hookah sometimes.. It's happening this winter..

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Dr. Amit Kumar Poddar Pulmonologist 44 yrs exp Kolkata · Accepted Answer

Dr. Amit Kumar Poddar

Pulmonologist 44 yrs exp Kolkata

Stop hookah.Spirometry to be done.it should show Obstructive airways disease with reversibility.ICS+Laba(Foracort or Budamate) inhalation twice daily will address your problems.

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