Damn, I asked my doc about this 5 years ago cuz I swore it appeared over night. He said "yup, it's the xiphoid process. People get a little funny when they Discovery it". Discover it?? I've seen pictures of it and on skeletons but I didn't think all of sudden you were conscious of it. Whatever, guess it's a life thing. I wonder if someone punched hard enough right there if it would break off. Mine doesn't hurt, till I press and probe it when I think it's gotten bigger. Guess we should all leave them alone.
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For the past 3 or 4 months I have several strange medical issues, which was weird to me because prior to that I felt perfectly fine. I am a 23 year old male, and despite these strange medical issues I have kept in good physical shape. Like many of you on this forum, I found a hard lump near my sternum, in the bottom section of my right pec. It's kind of at the edge where the rib meets the sternum. I noticed it when I was looking in the mirror, and saw a visible lump protrude when I moved. I took a closer look and saw it had a faint blueish, purplish tinge. I couldn't help my curiousity so I pressed down on it and when I did that I felt a mass. I can't really tell if it is connected to the bone or if it moves around freely. The underlying tissue is really sore, and the rib it's on top of hurts. It has been a day or so later and the area I pressed down on now shows a bruise. I'm very fearful that all my prior unanswered health concerns are all interconnected and that the end prognosis will be insidious. Then again this could just be my fear of the unknown, and that I am a perfectly healthy young man. I am going to wait a week or two to see if there are any changes. If not I will be heading to my doctor. If I find anything out I will post it on here, hopefully to help someone who is experiencing the same thing.
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I have a softball size lump that pops up on the right side of my sternum where the ribs connect it hurts really bad for awhile but then disappears it pops up when I bend or shaving my legs or lifting something this has been going on for about 5-6 years now
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