What causes the chest to be concave?

Under normal circumstances, a person's chest is flat. If it is too high or too low, it is a problem. So what causes a sunken chest? Some people's breasts have not grown due to malnutrition when they were young, especially girls. It is almost impossible to have bigger breasts if the nutrition is not enough. Sunken breasts may be related to calcium deficiency, but in most cases, deformed breasts should be considered.

1 is a scaphoid abdomen, which is mainly caused by weight loss. Generally, this disease is caused by malignant disease. You are a young person and the main reason for your condition is weight loss. It is recommended that you eat high-fat and high-protein foods.

2 The chest is uneven and concave. This may be a deformity of the rib development, commonly seen in pigeon chest. It may be caused by calcium deficiency in childhood. If the concave is not very obvious, it is fine. However, if it is particularly obvious, surgical correction is still required.

3 This situation may be rickets caused by calcium deficiency in childhood. A chest deformity. There is currently no particularly good way, unless it is corrected through surgery, but not treating it will not affect your health, but it may affect your appearance a little.

4 Thoracic Surgery: Patients with the following indications require surgical treatment:

1. CT examination shows that the Haller index (transverse diameter of the thorax at the lowest point of the depression/distance from the lowest point of the depression to the front of the vertebral body) is greater than 3.25.

2. Pulmonary function tests suggest restrictive or obstructive airway lesions.

3. Electrocardiogram and echocardiography revealed abnormalities such as incomplete right bundle branch block and mitral valve prolapse.

4. The deformity progresses and is accompanied by obvious symptoms.

5. The deformity of appearance is unbearable for the child.