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What Causes Severe Chest/sternum Pain And Difficulty In Breathing?
My daughter is getting lots of chest/sternum pain and had diffuculty breathing at times. She is very healthy and sporty. We have tried ventolin for the breathing and anti-inflamatories but nothing really helps. Any ideas? tongiht she has gone to bed in tears with a pain of 9/10. she is just 12yo.
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
Get an x ray of the chest first. Tearing type of such bad intensity in sporty patients occur due to either osteochondritis ot spontaneous sternal fracture
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