Sternal pain when pressed and ringing when knocked can be caused by chest trauma, chronic sternal osteomyelitis, costochondritis and other factors.
1. Chest trauma: chest trauma can lead to sternum fracture, sternoclavicular joint fracture dislocation and other injuries, which can cause pressure pain, swelling and other symptoms, due to the fracture injury can be bone friction sound and bone friction feeling, which can cause rattling sound at the sternum.
2. Chronic sternal osteomyelitis: chronic sternal osteomyelitis is mostly seen in the elderly or people with diabetes and other systemic diseases or people with infections after surgery of sternal incision, and the local sinus tracts can exist for a long time, or multiple sinus tracts can be formed, and there can be pain and sound when the localized area is pressed.
3. Costal chondritis: due to viral infection, chronic strain of thoracic and rib joint ligaments, bone nutritional disorders can trigger costal chondritis, which can appear in the chest area with pressure pain and sound, and the pain may also be radiated to the back or abdomen and other areas.
If you have pain when you press or knock on the lower part of the sternum, you should consult a doctor in time. Under the guidance of a specialized doctor, you should actively carry out appropriate treatments to help alleviate the uncomfortable symptoms as soon as possible.