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A 48-year old male asked:
Can you get pain behind sternum and breathlessness with an allergy to lactose/dairy?
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A 48-year old male asked:
Can enlarged prostate cause pain behind sternum and lightheadedness and frequent and urgent urination? Also difficulty controlling bowels?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Burning dull pain behind sternum and in stomach I have gastritis and ulcers is this normal it happens on a empty stomach in morning also?
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A 48-year old male asked:
What causes pain behind sternum which alleviates when you push on sternum? Also with that pain was sweating and feeling breathless too. I've had heart checked recently with cardiologist?
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A 33-year old female asked:
2 weeks pain behind sternum, chest tight, more fter meal per gp is reflux.Lungs, heart ok.Pantozol 40mg twice/day.Can it be heart attack even two weeks?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Pain behind sternum? Thymus? Lumps behind throat. Scared I have Lymphoma or thymoma? What other symptoms? So scared, single mum with 1yr old
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A 33-year old female asked:
Chest pain behind sternum . Ecg heart enz echo cardiac ok.Dr say reflux with allergy. Should i worry about heart?Normal blood pressure and heart rate
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A 26-year old asked:
I sometimes feel pain behind my sternum it also radiates around to my back but only when I smoke. I do a lot of running too and never have any pain?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I'm having sharp tingling chest pain behind my sternum that lasts about 3-5 seconds. No SOB or anything else?
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A 47-year old female asked:
I am 47 years old and female .I have been having a fluttering sensation on left side under ribs for about a day and a half .what could this be? I also have a burning pain behind my sternum and if I eat it makes the pain in my sternum worse?
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A male asked:
I've had chronic pain behind my sternum for 15 months. All tests are negative, now waiting on MRI of thoracic spine. NSAIDs have failed. Any thoughts?
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A 39-year old female asked:
How serious could it be? Should i see a doctor soon? I been having episodes onan of for a year increasing since christmas. Some episodes just sharp 25 min pain behind the sternum others stomach pain, bloating, gas diareha, vomiting. Yeasterday evening i
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A 28-year old female asked:
Im 23 weeks pregnant with very bad cheat pain behind my sternum only when I stand or sit. It dissapears when I lay down. Do I need to go to the ER?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Lower left side behind sternum pain on swallowing food, drink had it fr 2/3wks rib area feels achy, no traumas I'm asthmatic and I have palpatations on and off fr a few yrs now. Been given gastro tablets no change. Fear tumour or heart failure. ?
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A 29-year old female asked about a 38-year old male:
What can cause bloating feeling behind the sternum and feels as if it's pressing outward and expanding the sternum visually, also sensitive to touch?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have chest pain on and off sometimes of left side of chest and tonight behind the sternum..It was so severe.And i really feel fear that i m gona die?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Are there lymph nodes in the skin covering the sternum? (not behind the sternum but over it)
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A 29-year old female asked:
What can cause occasional chest pain? tightness in centre of chest, behind sternum every few weeks. lasts up to 30min.
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A 45-year old female asked:
I get sharp pains behind lower sternum & also an ache that affects my back at the same level. Both come and go at the same time.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Two nights ago I was awakened by a pain in my chest behind my sternum. the pain (dull stabbing pain) was only upon exhalation. applying pressure alliviated the pain slightly.lasted for about 3 hours?
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A female asked:
GurGling sound behind my sternum when i inhale. Also hard to get a good breath. Good deal of coughing. ?
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A 31-year old male asked:
My brother is felt lots of pain in middle of below sternum bone into behind fundus part send right treatment step by step thanks?
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A 23-year old female asked:
For about a week now, dull sharp pain behind left breast and behind sternum on and off. Its scaring me ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have a lump on/behind my sternum no Injury but difficulty breathing over 3mths. Tight heavy chest. What could it be?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Is occassional minor sharp pain behind lower ribs, L of sternum normal day after celiac plexus ablation with alcohol? I feel fine otherwise.
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A 59-year old male asked:
I've had esophagitis on and off a long time now. Now after i swallow it hurts behind my sternum, then behind my right shoulder blade. Is this bad?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Weird single flutter behind sternum that takes my breath. Normal echo ECG n x Ray from 5 month ago but have had this flutter before that. What is it?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Endoscopy Sep 20, discomfort behind sternum when swallowing. Diagnosed with mild gastritis no h pylori cos ofstress been taking omeprazole 20mg for 12 days as pain back again. The discomfort swallowing is still there. Should I have another endoscopy?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Please help me with my breathing issue. Hi, I have been suffering for the past 4 months with trouble breathing all day long with a few other symptoms. This all started with feeling like i can't get a full breath and tenderness behind the sternum like i pu
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A 35-year old female asked:
Found lump on right side of sternum, behind breast tissue. More pronounced when right arm is raised straight up. Spot aches. Should i see gyne or pcp?
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