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Breastbone pain
Chest pain at the breastbone (the sternum) is a common complaint. Many of the ribs attach to the breast bone, and if these attachments are irritated for any reason (as during growth in puberty or after excessive sports activities), a person may experience pain.
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Breastbone pain?
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A 67-year old female asked:
Hi doctor, My name is Van, I would like to need your advice about my little pain sometime appears under my breastbone (pain no longer persisted)
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A 20-year old asked:
Feels like sum1 is sitting on my chest. Pain under breastbone. Pain under right ribs & backneg hpylori. Blood work is fine. All organs looked fine. ?!
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A female asked:
I have been suffering for half a year already with different kinds of health problems. Chest pain, breathing difficult, breastbone pain,blood in stool?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Age 17, female, chest (breastbone) pain, extreme bloating, constipation, hard/painful abdomen to touch, nausea, and feeling of fullness. Any possible causes for someone of my age? Symptoms started to develop around a year ago.
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A 24-year old asked:
I've been having a lot of breastbone pain and pain in my stomach above my belly button. When I get it I feel nausea, have to vomit, & go the the bathroom?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Have back, chest, shoulder, under breastbone pain with SOB, mild cough, nausea for 6mo+. Chest xray shows questionable infiltrate or pt. atelectasis. ?
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A member asked:
I'm confused by symptoms Ive had for a week(breastfeeding lack of sleep ?anxiety something serious): radiating chest/breastbone pain&sore glands
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A 33-year old male asked:
I've been having this "heavy" feeling in the centre of my upper abdomen right under my breastbone. No pain,nausea just like something is there all day?
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A 58-year old male asked:
I have a burning pain in my upper abdomen just below the breastbone the pain comes and goes but if it comes the pain is unbearable?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Feeling of a rock at bottom of breastbone/dull pain, can be all day + jaw ache & light tingling in lower face maybe on exertion. Heart tests ok Ideas?
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A 45-year old asked:
Breastbone and back pain in between shoulders.. Help should I see a chiro or doc?
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A 36-year old female asked:
For 2 days have had pain under breastbone, and yesterday pain the back. Now chest hurts like pluerisy. I am coughing a little, but no running fever.
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A 40-year old female asked:
Terrible burning pain breastbone & under left breast 2 nights ago. Pain so bad it woke me up. No sob &was better w/sitting up but still sore to touch?
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A 19-year old male asked:
What does pain under breastbone when pushing down on upper abdomen mean?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Burning gnawing pain near breastbone when hungry that only stops when I eat and weight gain what's happening?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Had u/s, HIDA scan, bloodwork, upper endoscopy all normal but still having episodes of chest pain in breastbone, any ideas on what it could be?
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A 29-year old female asked:
11pm severe indigestion pain under breastbone 2 hrs moved to the right then moved to shoulder blades, total 5 hrs pain could it be anything wrong?
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A 66-year old female asked:
I am experience extreme chest pain. Under breastbone. Feels like a tight band pulling tighter round my chest. What are the signs of heart attack?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Been havin episodes of severe pain under breastbone, HIDA scan showed gallstones & 48% function but no acute cholecystitis, could still begallbladder?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Do i need to go to ER if i an experiencing pluerisy chest of pain. Experienced sever chest pain under breastbone this weekend but that ended. No fever?
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A 51-year old male asked:
Chest flutters/spasms in left breastbone, (pectus carinatum) extreme pain and have been diagnosed with SVT & possible nerve/muscle damage va can't fix?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Having pain on left side of heart under armpit near ribcage and stabbing pain under breastbone also shortness of breath every day. Wat could this b?
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A 36-year old asked:
Could it be right that if your breastbone protudes?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Im having pain in my ribs and breastbone and not sure why
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Discomfort behind breastbone?
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A 41-year old female asked:
What would cause pain that comes and goes under my left breastbone and make me not breath good?
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A female asked:
I have a pain in my breastbone which is also around in the top of my ribs both sides what could it be ?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I have a severe pain just under my breastbone radiating to my back. The pain is a 9/10. what could it be?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Hello, since a week I am coughing very often during the day and I have pain under my breastbone.I hoped was finishing alone but it keeps going.
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