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i sometimes have difficulty swallowing...it is painful when this happens, it occurs when the food i am eating gets approx level with the distal end of my sternum and causes me to hiccup , drinking ... View answer
sternum , and fills up almost to my throat. It happens beyond about 8 oz. Sometimes when I try to continue to eat, it causes pain above my clavicle bone. What could this possibly be? Should I see a doctor? ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal
( General & Family Physician)
I have been having mid chest pain intermittently. I have noticed when I swallow today, it feels as if something is blocking the way mid sternum . The pain is dull at the moment and earlier this ... View answer
have developed an egg-shaped bulge just beneath my sternum and simultaneously started to experience difficulty in swallowing and a hiccoughing reaction, but no actual regurgitation. I think the problem may... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Shoaib Khan
( General & Family Physician)
as well. Hurts when pressing near sternum or between ribs. Worsens sometimes with swallowing, and I ... have a stress echo scheduled. The pain is mostly right side, sporadically on the left. It... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Praveen Tayal
( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
My daughter is 15 years of age and is experiencing pain in her sternum mostly when swallowing but also sometimes when not swallowing. She eats healthy and does not seem to be under stress other... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Heera Lal Poonia
( General & Family Physician)
I have a pain upper rt. sternum, worse when swallowing food. High up approx. 3rd rib from the ... disappears for yrs. If I push in between the ribs just to the rt. of my sternum I can feel... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel
( General Surgeon)
been having episodes of difficulty swallowing all of a sudden. It doesn t feel like my throat is swelling but rather my swallowing mechanism quits working. My abdomen is very bloated up high which is ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Shardendu Tomar
( General & Family Physician)
I ve been eating sunflower seeds for a few hours, including swallowing the shells, not all of which were completely chewed up. Suddenly, I experienced a sever, stabbing pain in the middle of my chest ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale
( General & Family Physician)
My chest hurts every time I swallow food or liquid. At first I thought it was heart related but now I m not so sure. It is concentrated about 4 or 5 inches above my sternum and radiates ourward. It ... View answer
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