View Protruding Xiphoid Process After Weight Loss Images. Discomfort in the xiphoid process can be painful as it can affect the lower ribcage, breastbone, and several major muscles located around the abdomen and diaphragm. It serves as a landmark that indicates where chest compressions however, about 5% of people have what is called a protruding xiphoid process.
Pain in this area is known as xiphoid process pain, xiphoid syndrome, xiphoidynia, or it is a downward protrusion from the point where the lowermost rib and the sternum are connected.
Since i can't remember how it was when i was thinner, i can be certain. Since my weight loss (over 100 lb) the bottom of my sternum (about the last inch) sticks strain out. When these obese people lose weight, the protruding xiphoid process can be felt again. Discomfort in the xiphoid process can be painful as it can affect the lower ribcage, breastbone, and several major muscles located around the abdomen and diaphragm.