anyone else have costochondritis?

Does anyone else on this specific forum have costochondritis? Or is there another forum on this site it's located??? It's all new to me and I'm not sure where to go, or if there is even anyone that has it that I can relate to...



Thanks.

I have it, and I've posted before I have a kind of crazy sounding method that so far has stopped the attacks, and that is drinking cold water. I don't know if the cold shocks the nerves and muscles, or what, but that stops it. Sometimes it takes a few minutes, but the time it doesn't stop, I'll go to the er to see if it's a heart attack, which it mimics. So far in three years, no er trips, at least not for that.

I had costocondritis this past fall. I had pulled some muscles and overdid before they healed. I had never considered this could be tied in to FM. The pain was unbelievable. Due to holding my elbow against my rib cage for support and not being able to stand straight I developed pain in my elbow, arm, shoulder and neck area. I developed pneumonia...which I read could be a problem with costochrondritis. I seem to be fine now. From reading the other posts I am thinking this could happen again. Augh!

I have this too. It has been the worst part of fibro for me. Sometimes it's everywhere, this heavy dull pain in my rib cage and back. the worst is when it is concentrated in my upper chest and collar bone area. It started in my right collar bone and it a long time before the doctor knew what it was. It was so painful sometimes I could not move my arm or raise my arm and shoulder at all. It has not gotten like that in a long time, but it is always looming, either slightly there or there. The only thing that seems to help is time and rest.

Melissuh,

This is the initial symptom I had and it was originally a lasting, primary pain. I still get it but it waxes and wanes nows. I was in ER multiple times BC I thought I was having a heart attack as the pain was on my left side of chest and it would run down my arm, sometimes causing numbness in a few fingers. I would also feel the pain behind the chest on my back too. Costochondritis is a symptom of fibro. I take warm Epsom salt baths and it provides me some relief.

Pray you find relief and answers for yourself, soon.

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I have costochonditis, i take milk thistle for it and pain disappears. I do not have fibro though, i take iron supplement with it as well. Milk thistle has been my miracle drug for this. Steroids didnt work and painkillers were not something i wanted to be on.