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A member asked:
Son is 15 he started workin on abdominal exercises i found like a bump on his lower chest n when i touch it he feels no pain . hiatal hernia ? worry ?
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Not a hiatal hernia: A hiatal hernia would be located deep within the upper abdominal cavity, behind the lower end of the sternum or breastbone. The hole or defect that the stomach herniates through is in the diaphragm not the abdominal wall muscles. What you describe maybe something in the skin, like a sebaceous cyst or a lipoma, a benign fatty growth. Enlargement or pain should prompt a visit to your family doctor.
Answered 11/7/2015
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