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Brooks
11/11/08
Category: Heart Disease

Lower chest pain/pressure (sternum) that radiates up to right side of neck to behind/below ear

When laying on left side sometimes feel a heavy pressure that turns into pain in lower center chest - under sternum.  Feels like a huge air bubble that wants to explode -- pain/pressure will wake me from sleep.  The pressure/pain radiates up through the center of my chest and detours to…

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