What causes pain in back in the lung area?
Patient: my wife is on wafrin for over one year now she has had pain on both sides of her back in the lung area and i have been massaging phorpain gel, after a scan last year it was discoverd that she had three clots in the lung i am concerned that it may be another clot, she is sweating a lot and her skin is cold and very moist i may add that she is also on prednisolone Doctor: Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.  Pulmonary embolism (PE) can be recurrent. So better to consult pulmonologist and get done clinical examination of respiratory system, blood pressure monitoring and CT pulmonary angiography to rule out PE. If CT scan is normal then no need to worry for PE.   Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.