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Anyone else fighting Costochondritis and DISH?
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@bswpb it actually does not heal. I've had it since 1994. It only goes into remission. Sometimes for days/weeks and even months. But, it will return. It's a very painful inflammation of the main bone in your chest that affects (inflames) your ribs. It can be so bad (like when I get flare ups), that it feels like a heart attack.
But, rest assured, it will not kill you nor cause a heart attack. It's just bad arthritis of the chest bone in between your breasts. Females get it more often than men. Hope that helped.
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@vivsterb I never thought it was a heart attack but it keeps coming back because it doesn’t ‘heal’!
@vivsterb I'm a man and i'm suffering with neck/ rib pain from Dish. I've had it for 25 years. How do you control your pain?
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@vivsterb I too have had that most of my adult life and of course was put thru tasts and exrays to rule out the heart.As far as the Dish you will never get rid of it as it is progressive and like in my case starts to fuse your spine.Not much to do withit until simptoms appear.Over 40 years in a truck obviously distroyed my back and know sideways movements are being cumbersome.One of the progressions of dish is the thinning of the discs that give you cushion and in my case lead to a pinched sciatic nerve which left me with poly neuropathy.A word to the wise donot sit in a wooden backed chair for a long period as it will give you pain that is unbearable.