Costochondritis pain and discomfort

Yes, I also find myself pushing around the area of pain. I was diagnosed seven years ago, but the pain comes and goes. Recently, have had very bad pain with a heavy feeling in my chest, sometimes pain radiates to upper stomach and right chest. Was so worried I had a chest xray to rule out lung cancer. I have no insuranc, but want a CT chest scan. It's very scary because some of my symptoms could be a more serious, life threatening condition. I need peace of mind as my thoughts of something more serious is overpowering me. My mom had lymphoma. The only way they could diagnose it was with a CT scan. Have left breast pain with soreness especially in upper rib cage area near arm pit. Lymph nodes do not appear to be swollen which could be more serious.

Hi. My name,is Debbie. I started having trouble about three years ago. I am a seeing machine operator and I have to raise my right arm up to move a wheel to raise the needle. I began to,hurt in my chest and under my right arm. At first the docs thought I might have thoracic outlet syndrome. I was sent to another doc. And he believes I have costocondtitus. All I know is that air conditioning really make me hurt. I look forward to winter because when fall gets here I stop hurting so much. Which is crazy. Please,don't take this the wrong way. But I'm glad I'm not the only one with,this problem. Because if you don't have someone who knows how you feel, you feel very alone. Thanks

Your description sounds exactly, I mean exactly, like me. Please let me know what they find and what alleviates it. I keep wondering whether I broke a rib? How did this happen, I wonder?

I don't normally post in forums but normally read what other people have experienced in an attempt to discover what ails me. I wanted to share my experience so others might gain insight and hope. I am a 35 year old male that suffered from costocondritis for almost two years. I believe that it started after having chiropractic adjustments for lower back pain. At first I didn't put two and two together and thought I might have something wrong with my right lung as my pain originated there. I got an xray then an MRI and both came back clear My doctor told me it was probably just a strain. Well a few months passed and it seemed like it was spreading accross to my other lung. I started freaking out and living every day like it was my last (expensive trips, bought a motorcycle and sports car etc). I went to a rheametologist and they tried all kinds of meds to releave the inflammation from prednisone to all kinds of other stuff that made me feel worse.

After around 1 year of useless doctors and scouring the internet for answers I decided to change a few things. The first thing that gave me relief was that I became a back sleeper instead of an exclusive side sleeper. This provided results. The inflammation that was spreading from my right lower rib cage to the other side of my rib cage started to recede back to it's originating point. 

Secondly, I changed the setup of my office that I spend many hours in the same position hunched over a tiny laptop to a setup that is more conducive to good posture. 

Thirdly and most effective was that I started going to the gym religiously. I started very slowly over the course of several months and am a certified gym rat now.

I do occasionally get rib pain if I sleep on my side but it is almost 100 percent gone. 

My advise is to remain active, listen to your body and change small things that are in your life one at a time to see if they improve your costo. 

Hi, I’m 18 almost 19, I’ve been experiencing costochondritis pain since I was in year 10, it’s been incredibly painful and my ribs pop out, I’ve had this for years and years now and have been put on sets of ibuprofen and zapain which just seems to knock me out but lately it’s got to the point where I’ve been crying and screaming in agony and I wake up from being knocked out by the zapain for the pain just to continuously reoccur, I don’t really know what else to do or what can be causing this, it radiates to my back as well and my sides and abdomen, and swells all my breastbone and ribs, I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this as well?

I have had mine for a year now as well and seems more often now and more severe a few times I almost went down to the floor and it radiates to my back and neck and shoulder and jaw my doc gave me naproxen which usually helps me when I have pleurisy but this time for this it don't work. N I also don't know why I even have this.

Im sorry to hear that you are having such a bad time.I actually thought that I was going to have a heart attack as I couldnt take a normal breath without the stabbing pain starting, and had to stay still for up to 2 hours when this happens.Tramadol and naproxen help with the pain but dont take it away.I would just like a cure for this and exactly why does it happen

I have been dealing with this for about 7 months. The pain is so aggravating. It makes me nauseated, weak, and fatigued. I really wish this would stop! The pain is literally everyday. The hospitals also told me that it’s Costochindritis.  Once they told me what causes it, I was like ok, I haven’t been doing any heavy lifting. I also haven’t been doing any exercising. Although, I did have the flu and was doing a lot of coughing. I just need help. My relief is ice packs. I try not to take pills unless I really have to in order to get through the day. I also use patches with lidocaine in it. That helps a lot. 

What can I do??

Ive had costochondritis five years in a row for 9 months at a time,with relief for 3 months at a time

I read somewhere online that somewhere in austrailia there was two patients who where found to have little or no vitamin D in their bodies and after so many months of taking vitamin D their costochondritis had started to clear up, so i started taking vitamin D in a multi vitamin tablet and im extremely happy to say that ive been pain free for 2 years now with no recurrence. at the time i was suffering i also took bio freeze which seemed to reduce the inflamation much quicker. I hope this helps others from suffering this terrible pain and burning. Regards.

Hi there ive already replied to someone on here about the costochondritis i had for 5 full years until i read a story about 2 people who where found to have very low levels of vitamin D in their bodies, this was somewhere in australia i set out to buy vitamin D in multivitin form which ive been taking for 2 years, and im pleased to say in those 2 years ive been pain free, i had all the usual symptoms as yourself and i used bio freeze when the pain was at its worst. i do hope this helps you too, and please spread the word around and lets help each other.. Regards