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Hurts In Sternum When Swallowing Food

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Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

i sometimes have difficulty swallowing...it is painful when this happens, it occurs when the food i am eating gets approx level with the distal end of my sternum and causes me to hiccup ,... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)
Dr.  Shoaib Khan MD

have developed an egg-shaped bulge just beneath my sternum and simultaneously started to experience difficulty in swallowing and a hiccoughing reaction, but no actual regurgitation. I think the problem may... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shoaib Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal MD

i have been having difficulty eating or drinking. It feels as if something gets stuck around my sternum , and fills up almost to my throat. It happens beyond about 8 oz. Sometimes when I try to continue ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Arnab Maji MD

I have been having mid chest pain intermittently. I have noticed when I swallow today, it feels as if something is blocking the way mid sternum . The pain is dull at the moment and earlier this ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arnab Maji ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.    Suresh Heijebu MD

Hi, for about 3 weeks now I've been a burning sensation in the upper sternum , near the middle of the chest and the right lung, the pain is radiating to the back. After the first week, I started ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suresh Heijebu ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Heera Lal Poonia MD

My daughter is 15 years of age and is experiencing pain in her sternum mostly when swallowing but also sometimes when not swallowing. She eats healthy and does not seem to be under stress... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Heera Lal Poonia ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Shardendu Tomar MD

been having episodes of difficulty swallowing all of a sudden. It doesn t feel like my throat is swelling but rather my swallowing mechanism quits working. My abdomen is very bloated up high which is ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shardendu Tomar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel MD

I have a pain upper rt. sternum, worse when swallowing food. High up approx. 3rd rib from the ... disappears for yrs. If I push in between the ribs just to the rt. of my sternum I can... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel ( General Surgeon)
Dr. EDVIN   SELMANI MD MD

been prescribed a nascott tlso back brace but it appears to rigid and presses heavily in her sternum. Rides up an hits her an her Adam s apple when sitting and makes swallowing difficult. It has a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. EDVIN SELMANI MD ( PhD)
Dr. Het Ram Bishnoi MD

I have had some difficulty swallowing on occasion. Seems like food is getting caught just below my sternum area. It s better since I ve starting taking smaller bites and chewing more food more... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Het Ram Bishnoi ( General & Family Physician)