costochondritis

It turned out to be costochondritis, which is (get this) an inflammation of the cartilage that joins your sternum to your rib cage.

Bizarro World | Her Bad Mother 2007

It turned out to be costochondritis, which is get this an inflammation of the cartilage that joins your sternum to your rib cage.

Bizarro World 2007

She has to keep looking down for sticking-up bits of pavement, otherwise she might easily fall flat on her face, which she did last week while holding on to two toddlers and licking an ice-cream, and she'd barely got over an attack of searing pain in her ribs, called costochondritis, when her ankle conked out, perhaps because she was walking oddly because of the excruciating rib pain.

The Guardian World News Michele Hanson 2011

I had chest pains similar to what you describe about a year ago-- very intense, very scary-- and I wound up being diagnosed with costochondritis, which is an inflammation of the cartilage around the sternum; it's a stress injury that is apparently very common in mothers of small children-- ESPECIALLY mothers of small children who like to flail around a lot, and especially mothers who have really poor posture when they are sitting in front of their computer reading blogs with a squirming child on their laps . . .

Bizarro World 2007

At the time, doctors said that his pain was caused by bruised ribs during a vigorous dance practice and that he had costochondritis, or cartilage inflammation of the front part of the ribs.

Health problems dogged Jackson through the years 2009

For example, if a 45 year old male comes to the ER complaining of chest pain the odds of him leaving without at least a $2000 bill from the hospital are very slim even if it just turns out that he actually had costochondritis and really needed NO TESTING at all.

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE for all U.S. CITIZENS while DECREASING costs? 2009

And I had costochondritis as well (same as Tracy).

Bizarro World | Her Bad Mother 2007

It seemed a little dramatic to me, ordering all this bloodwork and monitoring for what would likely be reflux or costochondritis.

Archive 2006-02-01 2006

It seemed a little dramatic to me, ordering all this bloodwork and monitoring for what would likely be reflux or costochondritis.

Prototypical 2006

- The costochondritis is back (inflamed chest muscle because of stress).

qdiosa Diary Entry qdiosa 2004