angina in bones ?

[p0rtzer0]

can angina (stable or unstable) cause pain in ribs as well ? ribs and/or breastbone ?

[p0rtzer0]

maybe.. but my GP asked me to do TSH, LFTs and CBC test ..

[erijon]

Costochondritis can also be caused by a virus like bronchitis or even a cold or flu. These can cause the cartilage in your ribs at the sternum to become inflamed and may cause the pain you are feeling. This can take several weeks to months to go away.

Just a thought,

Jon

[kenkeith]

It is possible you have costochondritis.  It is an inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the breastbone (sternum). It causes sharp pain in the costosternal joint — where your ribs and breastbone are joined by rubbery cartilage. Pain caused by costochondritis may mimic that of a heart attack or other heart conditions. The cartilage may have been injured.

[cath911]

then its probably muscular because you are warming the muscles up with exercise.

[p0rtzer0]

mine occurs without any trigger.. and does not become severe upon exertion.. rather sometimes it goes away if i walk a bit or exercise.

[cath911]

The pains or discomfort from Angina do not actually come from bones. However, when the heart is in distress it can make it seem like pains are eminating from anywhere in the chest, back, shoulders, arms, neck, jaw. All the local areas to the heart. A friend of mine had chest pains for several months and he swore blind it was a pulled chest muscle in the ribs. It wasn't until he had a heart attack/stenting that the pains finally went. His pains only occured during exertion, NEVER at rest.