This intrigued me into doing research. I don't Have a reference for this; it's just something I copied from the Net, but it makes sense to me. I believe it's actually a longer article:

"Crying during sadness or grief can lead to increased tension in the muscles surrounding the chest and contribute to chest pain12. In addition, crying itself causes physical changes in the body such as increased muscle tension and shallow breathing which can also contribute to chest pain2. The experience of grieving a death can induce other physical symptoms of grief including genuine feelings of pain or discomfort, such as headaches or migraines, chest pain, heaviness in the limbs, aches in the neck, back, or skeletal joints, or overall muscular pain3. Tears have been found to contain stress hormones, indicating that crying may serve as a physiological coping mechanism."

I haven't cried in years, but I do remember my chest hurting if I was really crying hard for a extended period of time (10 - 15 minutes). Didn't happen often, but a couple of times.

Good grief NO. Avoid crying at all costs. Nose plugged up is almost death.

@A MyCOPDTeam Member I haven't cried for YEARS, but I can see where it could make your chest hurt. You are taking deeper or more breaths and if your lungs aren't used to that much stress, they would probably get sore. Never thought about it really so that was a good question.

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Always even before being diagnosed with this disease