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Suggest Remedy For Sternum Pain In A Child
My 10 yr old son is complaining of mid sternum chest pain...started after we got a trampoline. He is a very athletic soccer player who has never experienced this before. The pain was worse when actually jumping up and down...and even radiated to the back. No shortness of breath, etc. Today he came home from school hurting while not jumping up and down. He described it as it feels like a little ball moving around inside hurting . My immediate thought as a previous pediatric hem/onc nurse was mediastinal mass! I am going to take him for xray shortly. Any ideas?
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Fri, 8 Jan 2016
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it's most likely from the description is a musculoskeletal pain , it's better to day the XRAY to look for fractured rip
the mediastinal mass is very less likely to cause this
is hope he becomes better soon
the mediastinal mass is very less likely to cause this
is hope he becomes better soon
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