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Can Chest Pain Around Sternum And Ribs Be A Sign Of Asthma?
Hello, for the past couple months I have been having alot of chest pain in the area around my sternum and ribs. My Dr did not really think to much of it until I unknowingly broke a rib. The rib is almost healed but I still have the same chest pain around the sternum near my ribs and also on my back were my ribs meat my spine. My Dr decide to do blood tests on me and found out that I had very low levels of vitamin D, my calcium levels were low, and that I had a high eocinaphil count of around 13%. This has been going on for about 5/6 months and my Eocinaphils have stayed high and the rib pain has persisted. I haven t taken any medication except for a weekly vitamin D regimen I was prescribed. And I have not had any notable sign of allergies or asthma of any kind.
Mon, 1 Jun 2015
Dear,
Very unlikely only pain this area is a sign of asthma. Asthma also causes difficulty in breathing, whistling sound from chest and cough sometimes.
Since you have history of rib fracture with trivial trauma. Chest pain may be due to osteopenia(weak bones) of rib cage in your case.
Only pain without other symptoms in your case may be pleuritic(lining covering lungs) which should go away in a week, or mascular.
High eosinophil count is also seen in parasitic infections of intestine and other allergies.
well, you have not mentioned your age, because causes of chest pain varies with age
Continue calcium and vit-D3 for few months
Very unlikely only pain this area is a sign of asthma. Asthma also causes difficulty in breathing, whistling sound from chest and cough sometimes.
Since you have history of rib fracture with trivial trauma. Chest pain may be due to osteopenia(weak bones) of rib cage in your case.
Only pain without other symptoms in your case may be pleuritic(lining covering lungs) which should go away in a week, or mascular.
High eosinophil count is also seen in parasitic infections of intestine and other allergies.
well, you have not mentioned your age, because causes of chest pain varies with age
Continue calcium and vit-D3 for few months
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