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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Surgery Cracking The Sternum

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Dr. Mukesh Chugh MD

My 85 year old mother is having issues with her sternum . Small hooked shaped calcium deposits or bones are protruding for her sternum. Sores are appearing in this area which she believes are do to ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mukesh Chugh ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Vaishalee Punj MD

sternum and upper ribs near the sternum felt pained when touched now the pain has shifted to the left chest and the left ribs and sternum hurts when touched and also there are sensations of pain at... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta MD

How strong is the sternum after heart surgery. I am 16 years out of surgery. Can I withstand a wing chun punch to the sternum? What exercises can I do to strengthen the chest structure? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

CAN PLEURISY CAUSE GAS PAINS UNDER YOUR STERNUM? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

Woke up with a large spasm in sternum area. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)

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Dr. Wajahat Baig MD

Hi - My sternum has been bothering me all afternoon. It feels like the muscles around my sternum ... weight against my sternum but I can t think what I would have done to cause it. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Wajahat Baig ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

being adjusted I started having pain in the sternum and it was sore to touch the sternum I could hardly bend forward I wondered if the squeezing of the ribcage and sternum during the bear hugs caused ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.   Parth Goswami MD

hello, my 16yrd son has sternum pain. he was hit during football season a month 1/2 ago and it s still painful. there is a noticible rise in the direct middle of his sternum, but he has also lost some ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Parth Goswami ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani MD

hi.is the pain in sternum bone and thoracic veretabery indicate any thing? female 56 years old complain from cervical spondylosis and pain in sternum and thoracic veretabery is there relation ship or ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Anantharamakrishnan MD

broken sternum. Also revealed was a hymoglobin blister (sp?) behind sternum and she was admitted to the .... Unclear if it s the pressure from the blister or the broken sternum. What action would be... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anantharamakrishnan ( Cardiologist)