Between the two breasts is the sternum, sternal pressure pain may be physiological, there may be pathological factors such as trauma, local inflammation, blood system diseases, other malignant tumors and so on.
1. Physiological factors: such as sudden strenuous chest activities, long-term work, etc. may cause short-term mild sternal pressure pain, timely rest to improve the bad habits and other symptoms can be gradually relieved and disappear.
2. Pathologic factors
(1) Trauma: If the sternum is fractured due to traumatic fracture caused by external force, it can be manifested as sternal pressure pain, which usually occurs at the junction of sternal body and sternal handle.
(2) Local inflammation: such as ankylosing spondylitis, sternal osteomyelitis, pleurisy and other inflammatory stimuli may cause sternal pressure pain.
(3) Blood system diseases: such as multiple myeloma, acute and chronic leukemia, etc., the diseased cells may proliferate in the bone marrow, increasing the pressure in the bone marrow cavity, thus stimulating the sensory nerves on the periosteum and causing the symptom of sternal pressure and pain.
(4) Other malignant tumors: if bone metastasis occurs in breast cancer, thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, etc., and the tumor cells metastasize to the sternum, the symptoms of sternal pressure and pain can be caused.
If you have the symptom of sternal pressure and pain between two breasts, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of pressure and pain and then treat it actively to avoid delaying the condition.