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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Tietze Syndrome - due to grief?
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Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
Tietze Syndrome - due to grief?
by mcdimillo, Aug 27, 2007 12:25PM
I delivered a baby who was stillborn at 21 weeks of pregnancy. After 6 weeks of physical recovery in which I did no strenuous activity other than caring for my 5 children ages 7 and under :), I started having pain and a lot of swelling around my ribs on my left side. I had X-rays and a cat-scan, and was diagnosed with costochondritis. It has been 4 months, and my symptoms have not gone away at all, and yesterday began in my ribs on the right side, which I believe could be due to a cough I've had for 10 days. I am now 16 weeks pregnant, and am concerned that as the baby gets bigger, the pain will increase and the situation will get worse. I do not know the reason this started, as I had no trauma to the area, and someone suggested it could have been the trauma and greif associated with my baby's death. Could grief and a tramatic situation cause this type of reaction in my body, and if so, what can I do about it? Thank you.
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by mcdimillo, Aug 27, 2007 08:35PM
To: Roger Gould, M.D.
Thank you for your insight. I have scheduled an appointment with a doctor.
