Stomach pain just below sternum
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I have dull stomach pain just below the sternum. It hurts worse when I'm getting hungry but scared to eat to much cause I been getting this feeling that I need to throw up everyone I eat a little too much. I used to be Abe to eat rice and pasta but now can't seem to digest it. It seems to get stuck around my upper rib area and then I eventually end up throwing my dinner up. On June 1st I weighed 203. As of today, October 19th, I weigh 162.
It could be lots of things at this point. I know I head really bad indigestion that resulted in stomach pain rather then acid reflux. I also know that our rib cages flare to make room for baby. Baby could also be lying in a weird spot across the top of your uterus, transverse. Ifs it too painful go to emergency and they can help. Sorry if this seems like a wishy washy answer, but if there are more details maybe we can be of more help.
I was wondering if this is normal: below my sternum, between my rib cages, I can easily feel/see/hear my heartbeat. The area it's beating feels a bit like a fleshy lump. I'm a pretty thin person (BMI ~17.5), so I've been told this is normal, but I was wondering if anyone else can feel/see their heart below their sternum, and if this was normal?
I have had burning/pain below my sternum where the rib cage separates.......I am unemployeed and do not have insurance. Any thoughts. I do have CAD but when I first had those symptoms they were in the middle of the chest. I exercise daily and watch my diet. I am on plavix,asprin, lipitor, and blood pressure meds.
I don not believe that this is heart related, symptoms are lower than the chest and when I exercise I do not have issues.
Any thoughts........thank you !!!
When I was 15 years old, I began feeling a sharp pain in the upper center of my stomach (directly below my sternum) right after I ate. It got worse and worse and over the course of a few months I couldn't eat at all. Doctors at first thought it was a parasite from a trip abroad, but couldn't find any evidence of it, and treated me for common parasites without any relief.
Then the waves of pain start in my upper stomach (just below the sternum). The pain seems to radiate to my back also. My stomach, just below my sternum, gets so tender and tight, I cannot even touch it. It is hard to breath and I find myself breathing shallow. It feels like I have a softball in my stomach. It seems like everything stops-can't pass gas, no stools, can't eat or drink. moving make the waves of pain come back. The only thing that helps is heat and lying still.
Depending on the breath, it felt like the pain was a knife place stabbing in just below my sternum and sliding down in an outer curve along my belly to my pelvic region, but not into my actual penis (just above it).
I tried to pee since I needed to, and it was tough to do so without immense pain. The combination of breathing and trying to use my muscles to pee almost had me in tears. I don't know what's going on since I've never felt this before.
I have been having what feels like muscle spasms at the top of my stomach just below the sternum. It seem to occur after i eat something - but in some cases it continues overnight. It is like the spasm you sometimes get in the eylid when tired, only it's right at the base of sternum. Not painful, but distracting. Should I be concerned? What are possible explanations... is it something I should make dr. appt for which will take a couple months, or is there a more immediate need?
I very frequently, even with medication, get agonizing pain right below my sternum. I suffered with this pain for 4 days straight and then it stopped. This time, after the pain that I have become accustom to stopped, I began having pain in the lower rib cage area that extended like a band around my body. I even have pain in my back (between shoulder blades and in shoulder blades). The pain alternates as gnawing & aching to sharp & stabbing (mostly on the right side).
I am having pain just below sternum after eating? X rays/ultrasound/endoscopy/colonoscopy were negative. Blood work to check for heart issues and infection Plori was negative. It seems like previously Nexium seem to help a little. I did have slighly low iron level. One gastro specialist think IBS, but I am not constipated. Though I did notice bloating and less bowel moveements than before. Any suggestions or other tests that you recommend?
I've had pain for 3 weeks now. Started as a jab below my left breast. Turned into what I thought was a heart attack since the pain covered my entire chest and cut my breathing short. I was diagnosed in the hospital with having pleurisy strictly based on the gurgling sound coming from my chest. I went home to heal but noticing some pains not going away. I've had a persistent, fairly intense pain at my sternum.
all clear as well. Today, I have a low grade fever (100.2 was the highest) and stomach pain, directly below my sternum. It feels like someone stepped on my stomach. The pain has been pretty consistent. It felt slightly better after having some chicken soup for dinner.
What can I do next? Something is definitely wrong and I don't know that I believe that it's a stomach bug (although my daughter is sick too) and Dr said it was IBS.
Hello. I have now gone on a couple of months of pain under my sternum. It started when I lifted something heavy and my back was hurt badly. after a couple of weeks, my stomach feels like it's always empty. it is weird. it also feels like it's full. it's hard to explain. when I push in under my sternum, I get a sharp pain, but when I don't, my stomach does not hurt, it just feels weird. I'm not even sure if its my stomach.
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