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ok- i am 29 yr old over weight smoker. (yeah i know working on it) i have had chronic upperand lower back pain , front thoat / neck pain, front to sides chest / rib pain..... if i lay on my stomach i feel sharp pains in my back and throat... they are no always present bur they are there. ot is the same with ribs and chest i have sever pains that come and go but are intesne and leave behind soreness ( i have started to move aroung less because of it and have basically stopped excersizing)..... i was told i have costochronditis but i can not see taht the throat would hurt as well?? my docotr is basically picking one place ata tme!! since my pain started i have been having bi-jiminey and tri-jiminet pvc's- now on topral 50 po q hs. i take ibprofin 800mg prn (usually at night to sleep)- they tried to gove me vicodine but it only took the edge off so i quit taking it because i was afraid of addiction. i took it for two wks then started to want to double it to see if it would help.... anyways - i am concerned with this i had a chest x-r normal. a sestamibi - told 51% normal? now i have acid refclux they put me on nexium..... throat/neck pian no pain when swallowing it is just there .. upper and lower back pain... chest / rib pain... pain with and without breathing... starting to loose sleep... lost 8 lbs even thought i am eating like usuall..pain is sharp intense then also dull- some days worse then others.... my cycle is now simply spoting at least this month... i feel like i am having a heart attack but then agian i feel fine except for pain... pls help give me questions to ask or help give me in- sight opinion so i can start lo9oking for other answers or see if the dx costochronditis is indeed a dx for all my sx .. if so how long will this last and can it really cause my pvcS?
I have costochodritis; when it first flared up it felt like a heart attack (not that I have had one, but it had all the symptoms). Pain in the chest that went down my left arm and up into me neck. With advil or another anti-inflammatory it can be held in check, but it doesn't ever fully go away. If I vacuum or lift more then a few lbs it flares up, but then I also have lups, OA,DDD, Raynauds, Fibro.
As for the pain meds, if taken as directed you won't get addicted, but Vicodin isn't much help for what you have. Anti-inflammatories are what helps it.
As for the pain meds, if taken as directed you won't get addicted, but Vicodin isn't much help for what you have. Anti-inflammatories are what helps it.
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You mentioned that your doctor is picking 'one place at a time'- that is a common approach when a person presents with a number of pains that cannot be tied together. You have to start somewhere, so the doctor might ask you to pick the worst of the pain, and then focus on that.
It is difficult to make a connection between arrhythmia of the heart and costochondritis, which is inflammation of the area where the rib joins the sternum. On the other hand, it is hard to make any connection between pain symptoms and the bigeminy that you are experiencing. I suppose that the pain could make you get upset, and that when you are upset you release adrenaline into the bloodstream, which could make your heart go into an arrhythmia... it sounds logical, but I don't think it is a good explanation-- during pain a person gets upset, but I have never seen a person get so upset from pain that he develops an arrhythmia.
It is also difficult to tie GYN symptoms with the pain you are experiencing.
As for questions, I suggest that you take a notebook in to your appointment, and take notes. Costochondritis will cause pain, sometimes severe pain, that can feel like it is coming from anywhere in the chest-- but it isn't going to cause pain in your throat when you swallow, it isn't going to cause PVC's, and it isn't going to change your menstrual cycle.
I think you made the correct choice in avoiding the pain pills; they can cause problems when given for chronic pain in the absence of a diagnosis. I do suggest that you do your best to keep as active as possible; some type of excercise is bound to be helpful, no matter what cause for your pain is eventually determined.
JJ
It is difficult to make a connection between arrhythmia of the heart and costochondritis, which is inflammation of the area where the rib joins the sternum. On the other hand, it is hard to make any connection between pain symptoms and the bigeminy that you are experiencing. I suppose that the pain could make you get upset, and that when you are upset you release adrenaline into the bloodstream, which could make your heart go into an arrhythmia... it sounds logical, but I don't think it is a good explanation-- during pain a person gets upset, but I have never seen a person get so upset from pain that he develops an arrhythmia.
It is also difficult to tie GYN symptoms with the pain you are experiencing.
As for questions, I suggest that you take a notebook in to your appointment, and take notes. Costochondritis will cause pain, sometimes severe pain, that can feel like it is coming from anywhere in the chest-- but it isn't going to cause pain in your throat when you swallow, it isn't going to cause PVC's, and it isn't going to change your menstrual cycle.
I think you made the correct choice in avoiding the pain pills; they can cause problems when given for chronic pain in the absence of a diagnosis. I do suggest that you do your best to keep as active as possible; some type of excercise is bound to be helpful, no matter what cause for your pain is eventually determined.
JJ
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