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Posted 12/23/2012 7:54 AM (GMT 0)
diagnosed with costochondritis about a year ago. I've noticed the bottom right side of my sternum sticks out alot more then my right. Is that normal? Also I've noticed sometime when I sneeze my chest pops and cracks pretty violently. Additional chest cracking happens also with certain movements. I'm pretty new to this pain and chest stuff. I've been pretty active all my life up till about a year ago. Then was diagnosed with fibro and horrible gerd. I think it's a combo of bad posture and the chest inflammation anything helps. Thanks
Posted 12/23/2012 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
Have you had a recent chest xray?
I'd talked with a pulomologist.
Posted 12/23/2012 11:18 PM (GMT 0)
It could be your posture, as you mentioned.  I have costo and gerd and I don't have anything sticking out in my chest.  I just have the pain and discomfort.

 

Sherrine

Posted 12/23/2012 11:45 PM (GMT 0)

couchtater said...
Have you had a recent chest xray?
I'd talked with a pulomologist.

yeah I've had the car scan with the contrast. Nothing severe came up
Posted 12/23/2012 11:46 PM (GMT 0)

Sherrine said...

<font color=#0000ff>Sherrine

it's not sticking out much just out more than the left side.
Posted 12/24/2012 3:08 AM (GMT 0)
My brothers rib cage sticks out on one side more than the other. It's been that way for a long time. When he first realized it worried him and he asked the doctor, she said it wasn't anything to worry about.
Posted 12/24/2012 8:15 AM (GMT 0)
Ever since I was little my sternum has been uneven. The right side sticks out about half an inch more than the left. I've never had any pain with it though.
However this year I started getting very sharp pains in my sternum, and they've spread through to the ribs on the left... And the bottom 2 attached ribs (not the floating one) and the right side get so swollen/puffy they've visible through clothes.

I have chronic asthma, and I had a round of xrays and ultra sounds when the pain/swelling started... But everything came back clear. My doctor said it was most likely costochondritis, with a bit of fluid swelling thrown in.

I find that certain bras set the swelling off, so I think it may have something to do with lymph drainage as well. (Bit of a shot in the dark that one, but still.)
Posted 12/24/2012 10:57 AM (GMT 0)

madisun said...
Ever since I was little my sternum has been uneven. The right side sticks out about half an inch more than the left. I've never had any pain with it though.
However this year I started getting very sharp pains in my sternum, and they've spread through to the ribs on the left... And the bottom 2 attached ribs (not the floating one) and the right side get so swollen/puffy they've visible through clothes.

I have chronic asthma, and I had a round of xrays and ultra sounds when the pain/swelling started... But everything came back clear. My doctor said it was most likely costochondritis, with a bit of fluid swelling thrown in.

I find that certain bras set the swelling off, so I think it may have something to do with lymph drainage as well. (Bit of a shot in the dark that one, but still.)

does you're chest crack with certain movement like rolling your shoulders back?
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