12 year old with costocondritis
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My 12 year old daughter has costocondritis for a week now following a cold. Pain meds barely work and steroids haven't helped. She has missed a week of school and is still in constant pain and literally cries/whines all day. Looking for answers. Will this ever get better?
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simone_40974 mary72609
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Poor baby To have this at a young age am sure is
Tough . Did her doctor explicitly
Say it was Costo? I have been with symptoms off and on for 3 years now. My general practitioner has no clue . The rheumatologist sent me for more blood tests but even when I described symptoms he didn't come out and say I think it's ....
mary72609 simone_40974
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Yes, she saw 2 pediatricians and two doctors at the hospital. She had a chest xray and an EKG. Everything points to it being Costochondritis but that doesn't show up on an xray-- just based on symptoms.
simone_40974 mary72609
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Yup ! When you research this it will not show on an X-ray . They say it's not serious yet it feels so bad when it flares up . Is this muscular or auto immune ? Feel badly that your going child has this . Did her doctors say anything else about it because mine surely did not ! So weird. Never heard of this in my life . I got this later 30's and still have it off and on .
grace28398 mary72609
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Hi Mary,
simone_40974 grace28398
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grace28398 simone_40974
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The dr. just did bloodwork to rule out any auto immune diseases, and examined me. Thank God all auto immune diseases were ruled ouyt.
simone_40974 grace28398
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That's great . I had test for Lupus they want me to go see if I have markers for inflammation.
mary72609 grace28398
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Thanks! She was taking Percocets but that didn't seem to help much more than Aleve and made her feel rotten. I gave her as much Advil as I could- 600 mg. She does seem better when she's distracted watching a movie. I'll have to look into the stretches and Neurontin.
simone_40974 mary72609
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But you need to ask your doctor about physical therapy . She is too young to be on pain killers . The doctors need to research this condition more . That's why I asked whether it's autoimmune related or muscular . Ask them .
grace28398 simone_40974
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simone_40974 grace28398
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Lupus was negative thankfully . Haven't taken the inflammation markers , urea acid test , Lyme disease .hsve to take those .so sick of all the testing it's ridiculous .
simone_40974 grace28398
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grace28398 simone_40974
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simone_40974 grace28398
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If it's not inflammation for you maybe it's a strain ? I didn't take the blood test yet for inflammation markers .
grace28398 simone_40974
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grace28398 mary72609
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