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Costochondritis

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Optomistic1 Mon 04-Mar-24 14:20:57

Anyone else had the above? Got it from coughing too much with this pesky dry cough.
I thought I was having a heart attack at first with pain in my sternum but then realised it was going in too long and I literally have no other symptoms other than pain and still the cough

GO recommends painkillers ( but not ibuprofen as I am in BP meds)

Not sure how long it will last?

lemsip Wed 06-Mar-24 13:12:43

yes, I was diagnosed with this pain in the sternum area.. it did eventually clear up. strange thing was that my
adult granddaughter was diagnosed a few months before in another surgery so had heard of the word before. yes cleared up eventually