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Symptoms of disease - pain in the sternum
Pain in the sternum is connected with the defeat of the internal organs, bone and cartilage structures of the sternum or psychogenic diseases. Pain in the sternum may be symptoms of angina, myocardial infarction, prolapse of the mitral valve, dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, pulmonary embolism, pleurisy, pneumonia, malignant neoplasms of the lung, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (stomach ulcer or duodenal ulcer), phrenic abscess.
Which diseases there is pain in the sternum
Pain in the sternum is very common symptom of these diseases:
1. Gastrointestinal tract diseases:
- gastroesophageal disease;
- stomach ulcer.
2. Diseases of broncho-pulmonary system:
- pneumonia;
- bronchitis;
- tracheitis;
- tuberculosis of the lungs;
- pleurisy;
- tumors of the lungs;
- the flu.
3. Diseases of the cardio-vascular system:
- myocardial infarction;
- stenocardia;
- prolapse of the mitral valve.
- a pulmonary embolism;
- flake aortic aneurysm.
4. Blood diseases:
- acute lymphoblastic leukemia;
- Paraproteinemia (monoclonal gammopathy)
5. Injury of the sternum
6. Psychogenic causes of pain in the sternum:
- vegetative-vascular dystonia:
- hysteria.
Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in the sternum
- Cardiologist
- Psychiatrist
- Traumatologist
- Pulmonologist
- Therapeutist
- Hematologist
- Tb Specialist
- Gastroenterologist
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Do you feel sternum hurts? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.
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Map of the symptoms and the types of pain is intended solely for educational purposes. We strongly recommend do NOT self-medicate; on all matters relating to the definition of the disease and ways of its treatment, contact your doctor. Md-tips is not responsible for the consequences of use information posted on the site.