| An interesting case of upper-middle back pain?
Hi,
I am around 21 years old and I have been having wet coughs for around a year now and even though the number of coughs have been significantly reduced, they are still there, even if just a few coughs a day. I have already been to a doctor. I have attempted a chest X-ray and spirometry test. The X-ray showed that my bronchitis had become slightly thick similar to someone with asthma and the spirometry showed that I managed to only use 80% of my lung capacity I think. My doctor was a bit confused as I do not show signs of asthma. For example I regularly go for running (alternating days) and I do not run out of breath and can keep going as much as I want I believe. However recently, it has become cold here and as always I only wore a short sleeve shirt and went for running. Initially I only had a faint right upper back pain which stretched down the middle. One morning as I started running the pain became sharp so that even when I inhaled I could feel a pain in my right upper-middle back. I did not run for a while and the pain reduced. When I inhale deeply now, I often feel no pain at all, but the pain has not gone away. When I twist my upper body, the pain returns. Moreover, I have started running again. When my inhaling and exhaling increases during running, I notice a little pain in the upper-middle left back, which is not at all as strong as the right hand-side when twisting. Recently, I have felt that there is a little pain starting in my upper left shoulder and upper-left back.
I have decided to stop running for a while and see whether the pain gets better.
My question is are these two connected at all or is it me linking them in my mind? Are these symptoms pointing at anything in particular? How concerned should I be about this?
Any guidance is appreciated.
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