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I have costochondritis. I am a 15 year old male. Last june I had been feeling very short of breath and had a lot of chest pain. I didnt really know what was going on and it calmed down after a little while and wasnt that big of a deal. I went through the summer dealing with it until one night it was excrutiating. I told my mom and I went to the doctors. This was all in September and late August. I went through test after test, and in the end they narrowed it down to costochondritis in November, after the docter was able to hear this crackling noise in my chest.
They said it will take 6-8 months to heal. Its been about a year and the pain hasnt seemed to get any less worse. I just cant take it and just want to breathe normal again. Some days its bad, some its fine. Its just driving me crazy though. Is there any operation that can fix this? And is it supposed to take this long?
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- It's hell molly bloom
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This is a reply to # 891,406Hello D -
Costo is hell. This is what I learned. I had costo severely for over 3 years. Prior it was somewhat manageable for a number of years.
Costo is caused by inflammation. Many people have fibromyalgia or other inflammation issues. The whole key in my mind is to attack inflammation.
Costo is a diagnosis of exclusion. They put you through all the tests, and when they can't find anything, they throw the costo diagnosis at you. Some costo is evident in swelling at the ribcage (this is Tetsis syndrome).
The first thing I did was work on the organs surrounding the ribcage area. The minute I did a Liver Flush the pain started to go away. Colon cleansing was also extremely helpful. But in the end, I think all these cleansings were working on my inflammation issues. I was pain free for over a year.
Recently I had the flu and was coughing a lot. The pain started to come back. I was really freaked out as I thought it was gone. I actually had an attack last night in a department store that scared me. I'm not really sure if it ever goes away!
There are some that it only lasts for a short time, but there are some it is chronic. It's hard to tell which one you are.
I hope your doctor tested you for gall bladder disease? Costo mimics gallbladder disease, and visa versa.
Answer that and I can start leading you where you can go to begin the process. I have been realitively pain free for a long time now.
Do NOT go on the yahoo forums for advice. All those people talk about is taking stronger pain pills and getting their cartiledge scraped, and so on. They are totally doing themselves more harm than good.
Molly
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This is a reply to # 891,406This may sound odd, as I am a Natural health Care provider. But, my son who was already living on his own, went to the ER because he thought he was having a heart attack. He wasn't and they referred him to a well known MD in the area. He pushed around the rib area, it caused extreme discomfort. He was diagnosed with Costo. It is common in younger people like yourself. My son was given valium because there is apparently a very extreme tightening in the chest that can become chronic resulting in all this inflammation of cartilage in the chest and around the ribs. It worked wonders for him. He just took it a little. Now and then when it would begin to act up. On the natural side it will help to lose any excess weight you have. Exercise, practice relaxation and when it is a little better some mild stretching of your chest wall, sort of as when you yawn and put your arms back and up? When you realize that the pain is distressing but not dangerous it tends to act up less and less. You might also seek chiropractic and acupuncture treatment. Of course that comes from one who does that! But, I have to say a small amount of valium worked wonders on my son. I know it doesn't address inflammation but in the case of the condro it is tension on the cartilage that is causing the inflammation.- Re: Costochondritis help molly bloom
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This is a reply to # 891,620"Bracing" was one of the explanations for costo. Stress due to the "fight or flight" response that is suppressed.
Makes sense Doc.
I think that was one of my problems, as I was in an incredibly stressful job at the time. I either wanted to bash my boss over her head with heavy office equipment, or flee at every staff meeting. I could do neither, even though I did visualize bashing her over the head many many times.
But I'd be willing to put money on the inflammation issue. Attack full body inflammation, get rid of costo for good.
Molly
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This is a reply to # 891,406hi
I too suffer from costo and I was told by my doctor that it can come and go. My experience of it is as follows.
I had my first attack 5 years ago. I had 5 or 6 excruciating attacks over about a 6 week period. then it went away
It went away completely for 4 years!
then I had another set of attacks and I felt really poorly with them. About 5 attacks again over about 2 months. awful!
Went away totally for a year.
Now I have started having attacks AGAIN over the last 3 weeks and the doctor has given me a stong anti infammatory. I am still getting attacks but they are minor not major, however still very upsetting. I cant take the drugs long term so i am hoping that they will subside....however I believe it can be ongoing like in your case, or recurrent like in mine.
Anyway, wanted you to know, I understand how you feel, and I hope to find ways of coping with it and minimising it, i am going to try massage i think, but if you hear of anything else then do let me know.
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This is a reply to # 942,861hi,
for the past 7 years of my life i have been having the symptoms of costro.. im now 18. and it keeps getting worse.. about 8 of my massive attacks i had to go to hospital. the first time.. they told me i had a heart attack.. second.. the had NO idea.. third time.. a doctor came in and said she thinks it was costro.. so we did some research on it because every doc i saw had no idea about it. passing it off as a muscle problem.
im currently having an attack as we speak.. and theres nothing i can do about it. it may seem stupid to come on here and write. but hey. nothings stupid right.
so, basically.. ive recently gone to see a different doctor and he told me that with costro. its a stem of muscular dystrophy (my great aunt had it.. and it only attacks every 3rd generation), and that its rare, and with most people.. they just grow out of it. he said by the time im 21 it should be gone. but everyday i get closer to becoming 21.. it gets worse.. so atm im constantly taking some pill the doc told me to take for the pain. i dont want to be on pills forever you know.. esp when they stop me from driving. (side effects). this has effected my life badly.. it hurts every morning waking up.. i have no energy. some days i cant get out of bed cause the pain is that bad. it sucks. so i guess you know.. (if i was you and it wasnt from an injury, id check your family history.. because with my case.. mine is passed down.. im the 3rd generation... so i got the stem of MD)
you can get costro from:
-injury or trauma
-family passed down from muscular dystrophy.
and the different types pain:
- constant
- goes and comes back
- light and medium..
- Re: Costochondritis help Molly Bloom
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This is a reply to # 1,751,757I have seriously never heard that before. Personally, I call BS.
I was told by my Dr., and many Dr's actually that it is not chronic, has never been chronic, and that if I'm not over it in 4 months, then it's in my head.
Have you found anything on line that links this? I am serious, can you find anything, or please, please email your Dr. to get some sort of study that backs up these claims. I don't care, from a scientific journal or something? If he doesn't have the bazunga's to back up this statement, then write him off talking out his butt.
Sorry to get so pissed, but I've heard crap thrown all over the place, and it has no basis that I can tell.
Let me know. If you want, please PM me here.- Re: Costochondritis help rt1974
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This is a reply to # 1,752,369Use Termeric. Its an anti inflammatory herb. Do push ups, and bench press. I have had the condition off and on since I was in my 20's. I solved it back then by lifting weights. It hurt when it was unpinched, but short term pain for long term gain. I did get it back from trauma to the chest from playing contact ball hockey. I am now 40 and fighting it again. In my 20's I didn't use anything for it, I suffered through it and I won, but, I think it is worse this time. If it works with the same routine, I shall let you all know. Btw, it does takes 2-4 mths of constant working out before getting better.
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