25 years old, getting over a virus and now have a burning pain in my chest for the last 5 days.

I caught what was an upper respiratory virus from my girlfriend last week and I didnt cough much but I had severe congestion, minor coughing, clogged sinuses and it was hell. I was taking basically all of the OTC cold meds . I went ahead and visited a walk in clinic because my regular doctor was closed for the day and the walk in nurse practitioner told me that it was a viral infection and to just wait it out. I was so congested that I took regular sudafed and it caused my heart to race which wasnt good because I already have high blood pressure. The cold feels almost 100% better but About 5 days ago, I started to develop this pain in my chest near the breastbone on the left side. The pain is concentrated in one are and is tender if I touch it, The pain gets worse whenever I sit down or lean over, it comes and goes throughout the day but gets worse at night. My first thought was a heart issue but I dont think that is a problem because I had an EKG about a year ago and they said it was normal, plus my age makes it unlikely to be a heart issue, The only other thing I could think of is maybe this is inflammation from the infection that I had in my ribs or maybe I have like a mass of some sort over there but I dont physically feel anything at the site of the pain. I have been taking one 200 mg of Ibuprofen when it flares up and was doing some research on google and stumbled upon this condition called Costochondritis which is an inflammation of the cartilage surrounding the breastbone and ribs, it sounds like the closest thing to what I have been experiencing but then again, I am not a doctor. This is really freaking me out and I would love if someone could maybe give me some guidance on this. I plan on going to my doctor if this doesnt start getting better in a day or two.

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