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Tietze/Costo Inflammation

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jacob41564
jacob41564

What does your inflammation feel like?

Mine feels like pressure, achyness. My cartilage is quite swollen (to about 1.5x the normal one). It also feels gritty or textured... So much so that it can even make a noise when I touch it... But it is really not tender? Is this just the inflammation?

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  • quana64941
    quana64941 jacob41564

    Posted

    Well from what my doctor told me it can feel like pressure, squeezing, a dull ache numbness or flat out pain I also have swelling not so much gritty though but it's swollen and my tenderness comes and goes my GP says it's normal hope I could be of help

  • millie99
    millie99 jacob41564

    Posted

    Hi

    I have had it for four years and I have pain all the time.It never goes away.It gets worse when I am stressed.

  • lobsang19586
    lobsang19586 jacob41564

    Posted

    My pain feels like a sharp pain in my breast area. It can also feel like cramping. Sometimes it is heavy pain and sometimes it is mild. I dont have swellings that I know of.
  • Ranger507
    Ranger507 jacob41564

    Posted

    Mines started off sharp and stabbing and a really deep pain as if it was my heart and now as time has went on it is turned to a dull constant ache which often comes in "flares" where it gets extra sore for weeks at a time and stress definitely makes it worse

  • tricia02370
    tricia02370 jacob41564

    Posted

    I'm not sure if I have swelling but when I am sitting on my couch with a cushion it hurts, achy. I use a memory foam pillow behind me to help ease the pain. When I carry a grocery bracket, my chest starts to pull and I'm done for lifting for a couple of days.    It's extremely annoying to not be able to carry a grocery basket or too much weight.    I use a pillow when I go to sleep on my side so I don't compress my chest otherwise it feels like chest pressure, hard to breathe.  Stress definitely makes my chest hurt more!  I was taking muscle relaxer "Amrix" but just figured out it is cause constant stomached burn.  Not sure what I'm going to do next.  

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