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I am flying for the first time ever in 2 months and i was recently diagnosed with costochondritis. Is it safe to fly with this diagnosis and what can i do to help relieve the symptoms.
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zbecker13 nat2013
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I will, however, suggest that you be wary of the airplane seats. I travel for work and often have pain after exiting an airplane because of the way I slept of because of poor posture. Try your hardest to be comfortable and keep decent posture.
As far as relieving pain, try a heating pad before bed. This addition has helped me a bit. Seems to calm everything down before I go to bed.
Good luck!
grace28398 nat2013
Posted
We discovered Arnica gel..all natural..you can buy at Walgreens, or Vitamin shoppe. It works naturally on inflammation. Soft ice packs or moist heat help as well. Advil helps inflammation. Reducing sugar helps so much. Because inflammation feeds off of sugar. Thank God, its not a life threatening condition. You should ask you dr if flying is ok, but I would think its ok. Hope this helps. Good luck to you