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Coughing while choking

I was coughing severely while choking and vomited.  As I continued to cough repeatedly to bring up a bread crumb that went down the wrong tube, I felt severe electrical type chest pain and it radiated from my shoulders down to me hands.  A day later and I am really aching in my chest and back area when I breath.  Does anyone know if I caused myself harm?
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363281 tn?1643235611
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Hello,  I don't think you caused any harm to yourself, what it sounds like to me is you just strained your chest muscles when you were coughing so hard, this can cause the pain you are having. Give it a few days, if it continues or gets worse, then it would probably be a good idea to check with your physician.
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