Costochondritis

I have read a lot of the older posts on costochondritis already but wanted a bit more I guess.

This has been a symptom for me for more than a year now. Two doctors have declared it costochondritis. I had a full cardio work up in March and things were fine then.

I have upped my magnesium and turmeric recently and I guess it has helped maybe. Detox wise I'm doing Epsom salt baths, lemon water, AC and burbur and some other things I'm forgetting.

Heat doesn't really help and not sure what else to do. It is really crippling mentally and physically for me. Anyone have it turn out to be something other than costochondritis?

Side note: I finished my month of amoxicillin my doctor gave me for my throats and it kind if helped. And I fouled a bottle of green dragon botanicals LB core protocol from the Srpong so I have been using that for about a week.

Thanks

LG

Costochondritis is often from Bartonella - have you targeted Bart yet? I'm not sure, but I don't think amox targets Bart.

Sida acuta tincture (from Woodland Essence or [email protected]) ¼ tsp 3x day for 30 days

Hawthorn tincture, same

Japanese knotweed, (tincture, same dose (from same sources as Sida acuta, above), or capsules from Green Dragon Botanicals 2 capsules 3x daily)

EGCG 400mg +- daily

Houttuynia (Yu Xing Cao – 1st Chinese Herbs, powder – use “LYME” code at checkout for 10% off) 1 tbl daily

L-arginine 5000 mg daily in divided doses

Milk Thistle seed, standardized, 1200 mg daily
All for 30 days.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have active herpes, chicken pox, or shingles DO NOT USE L-arginine.

buhnerhealinglyme.com/

Yep, something that we all wish for (better testing) and something many of us deal with (questioning and anxiety over this). Trialing treatments would be your best way of finding out, in my opinion.

Speaking of which, PeteZa, I think I must have done this to myself today, just picking up a 10 lb bag of potatoes. This pain hit fast in my collarbone area, and I felt myself get hot. That was over 4 hours ago and I still have it, and it seems worse. My whole chest is involved now, and my neck is stiff.

I can't even walk upright this past hour, I'm bent over several degrees and it hurts when I breathe.

I took a 1/2 percocet and it hasn't kicked in yet at all.

PeteZa said...
Oh gosh July that is so horrible.

My costrochronditis was in the middle of my chest. Right between the girls. It hurt to breathe.

I think yours sounds like a lyme symptom. My collarbone was so involve in lyme. My neck, shoulders and clavicle.

Have you had an injury to your collarbone before? I ask because a lot of times lyme goes back to old injuries and raises havoc.

Collarbone can hurt like the devil. I hope the percocet takes hold and gets you some relief.

You have enough owies and you do not need this one at this time of year!!!

I hadn't thought about that for decades, and when I started to answer, I realized the timing was exact for when I first got infected! I was jumping my daughter's pony bareback over something really low to the ground but he popped up high enough I flipped over his short head, landed on the ground on my back in front of him, and he planted a hoof right in the center of my chest, but stopped, so I didn't get his full weight on me, but it still left a pony hoof sized bruise on my upper breast bone. I don't recall it being bad enough to go get exrayed or not. That was heading in to a pretty sick time for me.

I think we may have hit on something!


By the way, I've been relaxing and It isn't hurting when I breathe in anymore.

Post Edited (julymorning) : 12/19/2016 10:02:05 PM (GMT-7)

Traveler said...
Costochondritis is often from Bartonella - have you targeted Bart yet? I'm not sure, but I don't think amox targets Bart.

Do you have any literature on this, I'd love to read it.

Like PeteZa, I had it years ago before having issues with Lyme. After a pack of steroids, I was as good as new. That was over 20 years ago.