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Can Costochondritis be mostly on the right side?

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lyn180246
lyn180246

My ribs right under my breasts HURT when i push on them but the right side is more painful than the left. I also have the right sided breast pain and wondered if anyone else had the right sided rib and breast pain off and on?

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  • 1flowergirl
    1flowergirl lyn180246

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    From everything I've read it usually occurs on the left side.  Not sure why.  However mine has occurred on the right side.  I have breast pain, chest pain and underarm pain.  I also have trouble breathing when in a flare-up and it was especially troublsome when I first got this terrible condition.  I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago.   It has finally calmed down but I always have to be careful what I do so as not to cause another flare-up.  Good luck and take good care of yourself.  

  • Brenda1961
    Brenda1961 lyn180246

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    very common among the pain, I started when I first pulled muscle 2004, when trying to pick up something heavy , got my shoulders pulled almost out of sockets, but didn't just pulled muscles, let it go ,before I had MRI on my shoulder which showed arthritis, and had some rehab , there's no showing of the pulled muscle in your sternum. I still got it if I make a move to fast , turning to look on my right side view when I turn , it knocks the breath out of me when I feel the 2 cheast bones rub together. or the weather gets bitter, I live in Erie pa and that's very common and can change at any minute. it's enbrassing when ppl ask me if I'm ok , knocks the breath out of me , my dentist has the same thing , and he was checking my teeth and i saw him reach for his chest and i adked what was up and he had it to . for awhile , it scares you if you dont know whats going on its that pain that throws u off.

  • bridget78724
    bridget78724 lyn180246

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    Costochondritis effects the sternum or chestbone. If that is not noticably sore or painful on pressure or movement thants not your diagnosis. Tietze syndrom is on the cartilage between the bony ribs and softer cartilage that connects them to the sternum. If that is what you have, it will be very painful on one or more ribs, just one or two cm away from the sternum. Tietze is VERY painful, not just a bit of ache or pain. 

    Both conditions can radiate into the ribs and further. Both can be worse either on left or right. That depends on the cause, which can be all sorts of direct or indirect injury or stress Physical or emotional) on the cartilage. Stress to the cartilage can arise form other places, i.e. muscles that have been injured and are not healing, or are overly tense due to repetitive stress, bad posture, old, unhealed injuries, bra pressure, handbag or backpack etc etc. 

    You need to think about what the cause may be and take measures to sort that out. 

    If there is unhealed injury, repetitive injury, continuing stress, etc. the cartilage will not heal and taking pain killers will simply blur the issue, so the inflammation will spread and you will not even know. 

    good luck. Go see a doctor for a diagnosis to exclude other causes.

    Rose

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