I only noticed it a couple of weeks before Christmas and can't quite decide if it's betting bigger or not.
2007-02-10 06:43:27 · 8 answers · asked by mags w 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
If in any doubt check it out with your Doctor
Sometimes we can feel / notice,
the bony end of the xiphoid process
( the lowest end of your sternum , breastbone)
feels like a hard lump . this is normal .
these sites may help you, to locate the* xiphoid process*
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The Sternum
... ... Along with the ribs, the sternum forms the rib cage that ..
.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/humananatomy/skeletal/sternum/sternum.html -
I. Osteology. 4a. The Sternum. Gray, Henry. 1918.
Anatomy of the Human Body The Sternum ... Paterson (The Human Sternum, 1904), who examined 524 specimens, points out that ...www.bartleby.com/107/27.html
2007-02-10 07:11:20 · answer #1 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's your xyphoid! Don't worry about it. Don't worry at it. It's an easy bone to break.
2007-02-10 12:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't say what it is,i'm no doctor,but better to be safe than sorry,get it checked out.
2007-02-10 06:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by duracell18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a hernia. Stop poking it and go to the doctor.
2007-02-10 06:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by hauntedhouse 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get to the drs dont leave it thats the only way your gonna know what it is pls get to drs just in case its serious and something can be done about it hun
2007-02-10 06:51:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly not but i think EVERY lump, no matter where or how big sholud be checked out asap.
2007-02-10 07:04:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
place your finger on it can you feel a pulse if you can see a doc (probably best course of action anyway) could be an anurism
2007-02-10 09:52:02 · answer #7 · answered by murray 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a hernia best get it checked by your doctor.
2007-02-10 07:30:07 · answer #8 · answered by rita g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be your breast bone
2007-02-10 06:47:16 · answer #9 · answered by sukis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋