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[|Human|] I have some drainage but my main issues are the feeling of a lump at the base of my throat ( no trouble swallowing) and a tightness in my chest when I try to take a deep breath. I am not short of breath just feel like I can t expand my lungs enough to get a deep breath
[|AI|]  Thanks for asking your question first thing that need to be done is quit smoking if you smoke it seems like you have bronchial asthma allergic rhinitisallergyupper/ lower resp tract infection these are the possibilities but to confirm you have to consult a Pulmonologist who can request for a chest X-ray, sputum culture and if needed a spirometry which can lead to a diagnosis in my patients I apply the same protocol and start them on empirical antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor and some bronchodilators like aerosol which relieves the symptoms no need to panic thanks feel free to ask more questions