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A sternal fracture is a fracture of the sternum (the breastbone), located in the center of the chest.The injury, which occurs in 5–8% of people who experience significant blunt chest trauma, may occur in vehicle accidents, when the still-moving chest strikes a steering wheel or dashboard [1] or is injured by a seatbelt.
Costochondritis, also known as chest wall pain syndrome or costosternal syndrome, is a benign inflammation of the upper costochondral (rib to cartilage) and sternocostal (cartilage to sternum) joints. 90% of patients are affected in multiple ribs on a single side, typically at the 2nd to 5th ribs. [1]
Bone pain belongs to the class of deep somatic pain, often experienced as a dull pain that cannot be localized accurately by the patient. This is in contrast with the pain which is mediated by superficial receptors in, e.g., the skin. Bone pain can have several possible causes ranging from extensive physical stress to serious diseases such as ...
The pain can be worse when you move or twist your upper body, and it may hurt to sit or lay down in certain positions, the organization says. How to treat pain under your left breast
Here's how to spot each one—and what you can do to make the pain go away. From cold and flu to stress to post-workout muscle soreness, there are a bevy of things that can cause your body aches ...
That night, he experienced “crushing chest pain,” but it went away, so he just took an aspirin and a beta blocker. London was still in denial that it could be a heart attack . “I eat right.
Destroyed in Seconds is an American television series that premiered on Discovery Channel on August 21, 2008. [2]Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly (hence, "in seconds") such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, factories, etc.
What makes this illustration even more troublesome is that in 2019, 39 percent of high school students admitted to sending an email or text while driving. Not only does distracted driving have an ...