Costochondritis, asthma, allergies and joint pain

Yes, I was told that the pain was all in my head after I collapsed at work with heat stroke. No one who knows me thinks much of the doctors who have treated me, protecting the company I worked for from legal action resulting from leaving me on the factory floor after I collapsed. It's a poor statement on the state of the medical system that they care more about corporations than their patients these days.

Within the next ten years I'm confident that a next generation of nasal allergy sprays will become available. I've been looking at a lot of recent medical research into how serine protease enzymes in pollen cause things like hayfever and exacerbation of asthma so a number of different options are being explored to prevent the damage resulting from them. I'm allergic to Japanese cedar pollen, going into full blown hayfever if I even come close to one of the tree's when it's carrying pollen cones. I'm still getting over a bout of it starting a couple of days ago when some pollen travelled my way.

You may already know this, but, something like Flonase, Nasacort or Rhinocort over the counter is a good place to start before seasonal allergies hit. This spring has been horrible due to everything blooming early. I am prone to sinus infections. Also, have you ever used the NeilMed Sinus rinse? It takes a little getting use too, but, it cleans out bacteria in your nose and sinuses. It works! You don't have to use Flonase or the other mentioned sprays year round unless the doctor tells you too. I start on it right before allergy season hits and it helps. Also, I use a hepa filter in my house to pull allergens out of the air and in the winter months, I use a cool mist humidifier to put moisture in the air as being dried out can cause all kinds of sinus issues. I hope this helps.
God Bless You!

It sounds as though your condition is something like my own. Although I haven't been diagnosed as having costochondritis doctors have previously checked me for it because of the combination of respiratory failure and the painful difficulty I have raising my arms, and inability to press my arms, in front of my body. It's likely that you will find it relatively easy lifting your arms to the sides or performing pressing motions to the side. That's the reduction in chest muscle function resulting from sternum/muscle cartilage function. Mine resulted in bursitis in my shoulders as well. In my own case I believe that overexertion was the cause, consistent with both having occurred as a consequence of the same cause.

As for the issues with increased allergic response it's likely similar to how my own respiratory failure has affected any of my own conditions which also affect my breathing, making them more serious because the pectoral muscles don't respond to support increased breathing. Out of interest, has your own loss of function affected your abdominal muscles like my own? I haven't been able to engage my abdominal muscles, in order to sit up, since my condition commenced.