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I get pain in my sternum and sometimes i hear popping sound from the middle part of the chest. it's been like this since 2 months. help please?
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Rib pain: Assuming no injury, your popping is coming from a cartiledge between your rib and the sternum. I doubt a fracture, since you would have remembered an injury.
Answered 11/7/2015
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Unsure: It sounds like you could have an infection in the sternum or may have had trauma/injury to the bone itself. I would recommend a chest x-ray to look at the breast bone/sternum. If the x-ray is neg you might need a more detailed study called a chest ct (scan).
Answered 12/20/2012
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