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Barrel shaped chest
Barrel-shaped chest is a symptom in which a person's chest is larger and rounded, as if holding in a big breath, and resembling the shape of a barrel. A barrel-shaped chest can be due to lung disease. However, in some people a barrel-shaped chest is normal for their body size/shape, or for their ethnic/racial group.
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A 24-year old male asked:
Have a few small little bumps on my chest, oval shaped ranging from 0.2cm -1cm in diameter. Not really visible over skin however, can feel with touch?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I have two red circuler shaped patches on my chest left side. What might be the cause?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Can S shaped scoliosis over 25 degrees cause an even more uneven chest in girls during teen years?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Had a normal chest xray, dr mentioned more visible round shaped something's he said its normal. Not sure what he called them. Is this normal? Scared
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A 22-year old female asked:
For v- shaped women, how to burn the access fat that is stored in the back, chest, & arm area? If its lifting weights how much weight & sets of reps?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I have a rash on my side face and chest with flu symptoms any idea what could be I have pics they r circle shaped with red around?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have dry scaley ring shaped skin patches on my arm and chest. They are not itchy. They only go red after Ive showered, during the day they are skin colour. Cream doesnt help to remove them. Is this related to Lupus or eczema?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Seen in current CT of chest, previous CT in Sept 2022 these were not seen: Pleural based oval shaped nodular density 8.6 mm in right lower lobe. An 8 pleural based nodular density posteriorly in left lower lobe 4.4 mm. Is this concerning?
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A 35-year old female asked:
I have been feeling shakey, getting sharp pins and needles pain in my chest my left arm often goes lame, it all started last week Friday when I had a light shaped like a bearing out of the corner of my right eye had some blurry vision?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have a triangular shaped raised patch of fat (might be liquid) under the skin. My sacral region is flat but then has an obvious raised part right above my crack. No pit. Have had lower spine pain 2 months, chest/inhalation breathing pain, dysphagia?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Donut shaped bruise above ankle, humped up in middle.Looks like dvt.Just went to er over arm pain and chest.Would blood test also rule out leg clot?
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A 33-year old asked:
One of my boobs is a lot smaller and odd shaped than the other. Is this bad?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Hard, movable lump between two ribs on right side? No pain, oval shaped and about dime sized. What could this be?
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A 70-year old female asked:
Is Atelectasis an emergency? I have wedge shaped density at right base. Right lower lung.
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A 61-year old female asked:
My sternum is painful with an egg shaped knot at the base. I had an X-ray and was told nothing looked abnormal. The pain is low grade but constant.
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A 36-year old female asked:
I have a lump just to the right of the top of my sternum. Could this be a lymph node? I'm really scared. It's feels shaped weird
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A 42-year old female asked:
I'm writing you for help please,l don't have insurance and for about year,I have in both breast hard shaped grape size knots&some times there will be ?
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A 41-year old female asked:
New, half moon shaped near nipple. Has persisted through 2 cycles. Dark veins, and shadows. What should I do?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I found a strange shaped almost shiny looking bump on skin of breast about 1cm x 1cm not symetrical been there a week? should i worry.
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A 19-year old male asked:
Small hard lump under left nipple, about an inch in diameter and is oddly shaped. What type of doc should I see and what type of test should I get?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I have a weird yellowish spherical shaped thing in the middle of my nipple. It can kind of move and it's the size of a ball point pen tip. The skin around it is not connected to it. Should I be worried? It is slightly harder than the rest of my nipple. I
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A 33-year old male asked:
My breast feeding wife noticed an oblong shaped lump in her breast about 6 months ago which later disappear but reappear 3 weeks ago.Do we wait or ?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I had a small, black bar-bell shaped firm thing in my breast. I picked until it came out. Could it have been a skin oil blockage? If not, then what?
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A 35-year old female asked:
I asked about a lump in my breast. I wasn't specific enough. It is slightly bigger than a pea and is sort of cone shaped. It is almost rock hard but can be moved slightly. It is near the areola. What could it be?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Hard, oddly shaped breast lump for several months. Surgeon wants 2 week follow up before we "discuss options." Is this worrisome?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I noticed today that there is a new small mole below the side of my breast. I'm 20 years old is it normal to have a new mole ? It's shaped normal
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have a lump in my right breast very close to my nipple I am 25 and have no other symptoms it is oddly shaped about the size of a quarter it does not?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Hello, I have a birth mark on my left breast and it's shaped like a heart. I am very curious if it is safe or not? and I am also wondering how many other people in the world has a heart shaped birth mark or is it just me?
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A 54-year old female asked:
Hi I have a disc shaped white patch on my breast and the skin is puckered, could this be breast cancer?
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A 30-year old female asked:
My 2 month old daughter has thrush. I have noticed I have about a half a dozen dry reddish odd shaped spots on and around my breast. Is that related?
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