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I have been have back pain on the left side of my back underneath my shoulder blade. It hurts alittle when I breathe but it really hurts after I have been lying down all night. When I wake up in the morning it hurts so much...especially when I breathe and after awhile the pain almost goes away. I''ve had a back x-ray which showed nothing. I have been sick with cold like symptoms for about a week. What could be causing the pain when I breathe after I wake up in the morning. I am not a smoker.

 

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Female, Age: 48, New York

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Advil and cold medicine.

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February 20 2008 at 9:02 AM (11 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
Hi Customer (name blocked for privacy)
. Thank you for asking your question on Just Answer. The other Experts and I are working on your answer. By the way, it would help us to know:
-How long it is there?
-Do you have temperature , cough now?
- Did you notice any change after lying on one side or other?
-Do you have any other disease ?
-Does advil relieve it?

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February 20 2008 at 10:21 AM (1 hour and 19 minutes and 11 seconds later)
         
It has been there for about three weeks. I usually lay on my back so I don't really know if it is different if I lay on one side or the other. I have a slight temp and a slight cough. I am taking IOPHEN-C NR LIQUID QUA one teaspoon every four hours. I don't have any other disease that I know of. I am not sure if advil relieves it because it usually subsides a half hour or so after I get up in the morning.
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February 20 2008 at 10:59 AM (38 minutes and 2 seconds later)
         
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February 20 2008 at 11:03 AM (3 minutes and 46 seconds later)
         
I had an xray so wouldn't that show lung infection? ex: pneumonia or pleurisy?
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February 20 2008 at 11:36 AM (4 minutes and 48 seconds later)
         
Just so I can be clear...I had an x-ray of my back...which I believe that they were checking for lung infection. Are you saying that I might not have a detectable infection yet of my lung? If it was just starting then it wouldn't show up? What is x-ray with effusion? And should I have that? If I had a lung infection would it only hurt mostly after laying down for a long period of time?
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February 20 2008 at 12:02 PM (25 minutes and 58 seconds later)
         
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Yes in the early stage it may not show up if there is minimal infection. Regarding Xray with effusion I was referring to your term pleurisy which means inflammation of the pleura , the membrane like covering of the lung.
Inflammation of this pleura may cause fluid to accumulate which is called effusion . At that stage it produces sufficient opacity to be seen by X ray.
Though lung infection usually does not hurt mostly after laying down for a long period of time but some cough only gets worse on waking up in the morning.
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