What Are the Risk Factors and Symptoms of Costochondritis?

Answer 1

What happens when it goes completely around the chest area both right and left side and does around the back also.I can feel a piece broke off right in the center of the chest. Is there anyway this can be seen through a cat scan or mri or oltrusound testing. I can not even put a bra on and I am Not Small Chested. I be tried camisole it is very, very painfull is there any Docotot who specializes this. Please lease help it is going on Four years!

Comments

I had this happen to me on Sunday and it felt like a heart attack with stabbing sharp pain at my sternum radiating up and out to both sides, at one time feeling though it went all the way through to my back. I did not feel any thing broken off anywhere. It hurt much worse as I tried to take a bigger breath. An ambulance was called for me and I was admitted to the hospital. A lung CT and a heart cath was performed to rule out my heart. I have RA and fibromyalgia and this turned out to be a worsening of those diseases, specifically Costchondritis. My Dr told me that stress and fatigue add to it and that it should be better in a week or so, but that it can reoccur and become chronic. I am already taking 9 anti inflammatory prescriptions so no more were prescribed. I hope this helps you.

Answer 2

What happens when it goes completely around the chest area both right and left side and does around the back also.I can feel a piece broke off right in the center of the chest. Is there anyway this can be seen through a cat scan or mri or oltrusound testing. I can not even put a bra on and I am Not Small Chested. I be tried camisole it is very, very painfull is there any Docotot who specializes this. Please lease help it is going on Four years!

Comments

I had this happen to me on Sunday and it felt like a heart attack with stabbing sharp pain at my sternum radiating up and out to both sides, at one time feeling though it went all the way through to my back. I did not feel any thing broken off anywhere. It hurt much worse as I tried to take a bigger breath. An ambulance was called for me and I was admitted to the hospital. A lung CT and a heart cath was performed to rule out my heart. I have RA and fibromyalgia and this turned out to be a worsening of those diseases, specifically Costchondritis. My Dr told me that stress and fatigue add to it and that it should be better in a week or so, but that it can reoccur and become chronic. I am already taking 9 anti inflammatory prescriptions so no more were prescribed. I hope this helps you.