Have Pain In Collar Bone Usually After Eating Ad Drinking. Cause?

Posted on Mon, 23 Sep 2013

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Question : I have pain in my left collar bone usually after I eat or drink something. It is a dull aching pain that lasts sometimes for over an hour. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Could be a soft tissue pathology

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for your query.

Since the collar bone is more of a fibrous bone, healing of any sort of fracture even complete may be weak. The pain could be due to improper healing but it is a rare possibility as the pain you have is dull in nature. Collar bone defects usually give rise to sharp pains.

I suspect there to be some soft tissue pathology near the collar bone probably a lymph node swelling owing to the history of cancer.

I suggest you to get an Xray of the Collar bone first to rule out defects in the bone and then proceed with a CT scan which may help to identify the soft tissue involved.

Please let me know if there are any doubts.

Regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar