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[|Human|] I ve had a mildly aggravating heaviness in my chest for approx 1 wk- past 2 days it has become worse when I lay down and when I take deep breaths- even painful. I have no cough- I don t smoke or drink. This afternoon I coughed up discharge of a grayish color with a clump (pencil eraser-size) of blood. Afterwards, my chest felt better. What d ya think?
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. Heaviness in chest can be due to many causes but hemoptysis (coughing out blood) with heaviness seen in mostly cardiac and pulmonary causes. So we have to rule out them first. So please get done Chest x-ray to rule out chest infection as a cause. Get done ECG and 2D Echo to rule out cardiac causes for your symptoms. If both of these are normal than no need to worry much. It might be due to impacted sputum which on forceful coughing comes out and gives hemoptysis. So consult your doctor and discuss these.