What’s wrong with the bone in the chest that hurts when you press it?

Sternal bone pain when pressed, to consider is sternal periostitis, chest trauma and other causes, as follows: First, sternal periostitis: sternal periostitis may be due to previous trauma caused by damage to the periosteum, may also be due to improper sleeping position, such as often sleep in the prone position, will cause prolonged contact and extrusion of the sternum and trauma, may also cause chronic sternal periostitis, it will be manifested as the sternal bone pressure pain. Patients in this situation, must improve the bad habits, local can use conventional anti-inflammatory and pain medication, such as fotarine ointment application, can also use celecoxib capsules oral to anti-inflammatory, pain. Second, chest trauma: the patient may have had previous chest trauma and formed a sternal fracture, if the fracture is poorly aligned, it will cause a deformed healing of the fracture, the deformed healing of the fracture is likely to cause chronic injury to the chest later, it is manifested as chronic pain in the anterior chest.