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Posted 5/11/2015 9:42 PM (GMT 0)
I've been told Costochondritis is a form of Fibromyalgia, or is some how apart of it? I've recently been diagnosed with Costochondritis, after going to Urgent Care with pain in my upper chest, and a burning sensation, and pain when I pressed down, and pain in my ribs also, and shoulder blades.
Posted 5/11/2015 11:04 PM (GMT 0)
Do you have any type of arthritis? Costochondritis is common with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. I also have severe allergies and asthma, and have experienced it after horrible coughing fits. I do have anxiety as well, and when I've had panic attacks or full-blown episodes of PTSD, I will breathe so hard that I have experienced it also.
Posted 5/11/2015 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
I've been told I may have Rheumatoid Arthritis in my hands, I had a bad 2 weeks in the winter where my fingers on my left hand swelled a bit and I basically had Trigger finger, but in almost my entire hand. I'm not sure if it's Hereditary but my grandparents both have it.
Posted 5/12/2015 12:22 PM (GMT 0)
I also have this, and I have lupus as well. I know it is fairly common for people who have lupus to have costo. It is so painful isn't it?!
Posted 5/12/2015 12:50 PM (GMT 0)
Chosto... is pretty common with Fibro. It's one of the many many overlapping conditions. If there's a pain condition it's common with Fibro (or so it seems). I've had it a couple of times myself and know how painful it can be. I'm sorry you had to deal with that.
Posted 5/12/2015 3:41 PM (GMT 0)
Costochondritis was my first fibro symptom. It took forever to heal! I still get flare-ups every now and then but not very often.
Posted 5/12/2015 6:09 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you all, its comforting to know that im not the only person going through it, I know obviously there's probably thousands with it. I just don't know anyone personally who has it, and yes its terrible. Most of the time for me its a dull, burning ache, ive only had a few times its been absolutely painful.
Posted 6/2/2015 4:55 PM (GMT 0)
I've had costochondritis for over 3 and a half months and it's debilitating! I've had 5 weeks off work due to the severity of it, it doesn't help that my job is physical.

Does anybody know of ANY tips/ exercise to getting rid of it? Medication and physio have been no help to me.

Thanks.
Posted 6/2/2015 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Yeeeauup that's the joy of all these conditions it's not like you can get away putting up a "no vacancy" sign. All joints are currently busy please try again later. The sternum and ribs are a joint. Funny how most people don't know this until costcocondritis comes along. Yes it's very common. Thing that's scary is I may have chest pains and NOT go to ER because I think it's costco. Can't win can I ?
Posted 6/4/2015 6:20 PM (GMT 0)
I know, mind sometimes isn't bad at all. or days like yesterday and today, its terrible, the upper chest pain, the ribs right where my bra sits. terrible... and as of late, I have terribly aches in my elbows, and lower jaw pain due to clenching my teeth..
Posted 7/26/2015 10:41 PM (GMT 0)
Costo can be one of the symptoms of Fibro, but is not isolated to it. It can occur without Fibro but seems to crop up with other inflammatory diseases. It actually should be a disability all on its' own because of the pain and debilitation i causes.
Posted 10/31/2015 12:19 PM (GMT 0)
I dont have fibro or arthritis, i just have costo and anemia. I take milk thistle when the pain comes,that gets rid of all my pain fast. Not sure how it works for others but for me it works fast and better than everything my doc had me try.
Posted 10/31/2015 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
Get bouts of this,

Stretching, heat, topical pain relievers all help.

Lj
Posted 11/4/2015 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
Have you tried a Thera-Cane to work on your back or shoulder blades?
Look on youtube for a video on it. It is not expensive but really helps me.
What is Chostocondrotis?
Posted 1/2/2016 4:29 AM (GMT 0)
Is this thread still active? Wondering if anyone with Costro experienced pain when wearing their purse strap cross body? Reaching? Carrying grocery baskets at the supermarket?

After 4 months and a slew of tests-stress tests, echo, cardiac MRI, ECG's, holter monitor, endoscopy, chest X-rays and a chest CT...I have been told that my chronic chest pain (4-5 months now) is muscular/Costrochondritis.
Posted 1/2/2016 12:22 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, Bobbi, and welcome! I will get costochondritis periodically and really can't pinpoint what is causing it. My doctor has me taking ibuprofen for it and that works well for me. It will go away for long periods of time for me. When it is bothering me, if I press on the sternum I am very tender.

Here is a good link all about costochondritis. Hope this helps you.

www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/costochondritis/basics/definition/con-20024454

Sherrine
Posted 1/4/2016 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you for that. I don't feel my symptoms fit with this. But I don't feel they fit with anything else either :( The pain travels in that it can go from sharp on the left side (-
As it was for 2-3 months) to pressure burning center/sternum to mostly behind right Breast. Movement seems to aggrivate it the most...wearing a cross body strap purse...carrying heaving grocery basket at store...but sometimes just lying down. I can't take ibruphen as I'm also experiencing horrible head pain and the ibruphen makes my ears ring :(
Posted 1/4/2016 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
I've replied to this before, & I don't think I was taken seriously, but I've had this for a few years now, & I discovered accidentally that I can usually get the cramping pain to stop by drinking really cold water. If that won't stop it, then I'll go to er, which I did the first time. I even had an angiogram to make sure it wasn't my heart, & the cardiologist agreed it was costochronditis. I know the cold water sounds silly, but I think it might be that the cold water shocks the nerves & stops the cramps. I've even been woken up at night with chest pain, so I can't say what sets it off. Hope this helps some of you. idea
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