Pectus excavatum inverted chest/sternum

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Does anyone have this?

At 40 years of age I have found out I have a severe case of this. I've always gotten out of breath easily, had dizziness and palpitations and general fatigue but gp always out it down to anxiety 😏

Apparently my heart has been displaced to the left because of pectus, this has all been picked up on an unrelated ct scan

Hi my ds has this. I made a thread about it a while back. We didn't pick up in it until 2 years ago. Gp sent him for xrays as he also gets out of breath easily, heart palpitations and dizziness. The consultant then told us after the xrays that they don't think it will cause any serious issues and leave it be unless his symptoms get worse. They don't really want to do any operations at the moment as its needs to be quite severe for them to do that. If your getting quite serious symptoms I'd go back to your gp and ask about your options especially since its pushed your heart. This was not noticeable on my ds until he was 13 it was like it just appeared. Sorry I'm not much help but didn't want to read and run.

Hi my ds has a small dip in his chest, no symptoms, I haven't pursued any medical opinion, just self diagnosed it. How significant is your dip and was it commented on before the CT ?