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Chest pain through pleural thickening

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margaret78823
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Hi everyone

I'm a woman of 55 and had it confirmed through a CT scan a couple of years ago that I have pleural thickening. There is a shadow on my lung but have been told that because of where it is positioned it shouldn't be caused by asbestos. I had previously been really poorly leading up to this with a very nasty cough and cold, which resulted in me passing out and being taken to hospital. This is when they then gave me an x-ray and a scan and found out about the pleural thickening. I was supposed to go to a follow up scan but unfortunately missed it because of work. The problem is that over the past couple of years I have really gone downhill health wise and I constantly get nasty pain on the right side of my chest. I have asked for advice from my GP regarding this but it seems to fall on deaf ears, especially with covid19 at the moment. I have to say, I'm quite worried as to how I'm feeling physically, I'm also tired all the time and not quite sure what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.

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