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Pain in right chest prior to Ra Flare ? ?

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sinead7777777
sinead7777777

Hi

I am in the middle of an RA flare at the moment

Start in my wrist ,then right shoulder

,left shoulder neck and now my knees

and hips .

I have been lucky lately that with the

exception of fatigue and some wrist pain

I haven't flared this bad since moving to

Methotrexate injections.

Sorry I am being a bit long winded.

My question is this 3 days prior to the flare

I was doubled over with spasms of pain in my chest

(basically under my right shoulder blade.)

Its felt likebeing stabbed /It was so intense and pain last for 24 hours and then ongoing ache

for another two days . I went to doc and

he thought I was getting shingles again which I haven't . Any ideas ? It wasn't gall stones as

I had gall bladder removed a few yrs ago

Thanks

Sinèad

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  • treezsh
    treezsh sinead7777777

    Posted

    Sinead, try to see a physio, this sounds like a musculo skeletal problem and may not be associated with you RA.I wirked as aphysio and saw this type of pain a fair bit, so worth try.
  • Gloria814
    Gloria814 sinead7777777

    Posted

        I had a condition called costochondritis many yrs ago before arthitis diagnosis.  It can cause severe rib cage/ chest pain which I do recall I experienced.   I looked it up on the internet and the medical info said you are at an increased chance of experiencing this if you have RA.    It took several weeks before it went away.   So long ago I don't recall the treatment and I would think if this severe pain continues you need to contact your doctor again and find out what it is. 

    • Gloria814
      Gloria814 sinead7777777

      Posted

      Are you any better?   Did you get a diagnosis ?

      hope you are doing much better today

    • sinead7777777
      sinead7777777

      Posted

      OR your diagnosis Gloria. I will definitely tell GPS if I get it again as feelong was definitely costochronditis.One more illness to add to the rest 😁

      thanks again sinead

    • Gloria814
      Gloria814 sinead7777777

      Posted

        I have a very long list of illness too   : (  Start to wonder what's coming next 

      Hopefully you won't get that again.   If you had terrible coughing episodes that could possibly have caused it

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