Sternum pain when touched : meaning?

Caution : You must consult your doctor for your health. This page presents only a personal and alternative point of view which should not be considered as an attempt to prescribe medicine.

Having sternum pain to the touch means inflammation in the chest area.

The breastbone has an essential role in the human body.

This bone is located in the middle of the chest and the ribs are attached to it.

The purpose of the breastbone is to protect certain vital organs such as the heart and lungs.

If you feel pain at your level, it means that you may have a lung or heart problem.

It can be myocardial infarction, pericarditis.

In addition, these pains are even more acute when one makes a very hard physical effort or in a situation of stress.

In the lungs, it can be pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, asthma or certain breathing problems.

Chest and intercostal pain: what to do?

During a major emotional shock, you can feel pain in the breastbone because you start to breathe very badly.

We must therefore quickly be able to find a good breath to relieve the pressure.

As stress is more and more present in our way of life, it causes various health problems.

The first is that we breathe less well and this can cause pain in the breastbone.

When there is pain in the chest, it may be angina pectoris.

Angina is very painful pulmonary angina.

This coronary heart disease can lead to other more serious problems if it is not treated very quickly.

Indeed, this can lead to a myocardial infarction or even pulmonary edema.

This pain is even more intense when you touch the breastbone.

All these illnesses or pain in the breastbone are to be taken very seriously.

The pain can be chronic or acute depending on the case.

There is strong pressure in the rib cage which is due to poor breathing.

This can happen when you have intense physical activity or pressure in your work.

There are several types of breast pain that should always be taken very seriously.

They can be in the muscles and bones such as a fractured rib, a wrinkled muscle or an intercostal sprain.

But also they can come from nerves like intercostal neuralgia.

Some nerves have inflammation and compression which is very painful.

How to breathe to relax the lump under the breastbone?

The first thing to do before you worry is to be able to find a good breath to calm the breastbone pain when touched.

Indeed, the first meaning of this problem may be that you are too stressed and too anxious.

It can come from emotional shock, upset or something else.

With these various problems, your breathing is worse because you block your diaphragm unintentionally.

It is therefore important to start by releasing and unblocking this famous diaphragm to find better breathing and thus relieve stress.

To achieve this, you can find explanatory and detailed videos on breathing below.

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