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This is so weird! I am a newbie, too-just diagnosed last week, however, I have been having what I thought was pleurisy for about 5 years now. It happens a couple of times a year and the pain is so severe that without narcotics i would have to go to the ER. My lungs are always clear so it is something in the muscle or bone.
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Neither one is rare. I've had costochondritis quite a lot, even pre-Lyme. First time I was stepping out of the shower and boom, chest pain that made me gasp. Went immediately to the doctor and this is when I was first diagnosed. He said not uncommon in young women. My older brother sometimes gets it, too, though, and so has our mom. I was rx'd Motrin since this was before ibuprofen was OTC. I've learned that if the chest pain's worse when you press on it, it's inflammation. If not, get to a doctor.
The pleurisy pain came after Lyme. It's considered "dry pleurisy," that is, the painful kind where the lining of the lungs is rubbing together, as opposed to wet pleurisy, which may not be painful because there's fluid in there, but which would cause shortness of breath. Because of the pleurisy, I was misdiagnosed for a long time with Lupus. I treat mine with a hot water bottle and again, the ibuprofen. This pain is just awful.
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Welcome Donna & Becka to this 24/7 support group board!
If others haven't given you the newbie links, look for TREEPATROL & TINCUP's names in post. Sorry, but my time is about up today so don't have time to do search. Treepatrol's should be on 1 or 2nd screen of medical!
Print it off & check off the links you have read...will take months to read it all!
Yes, I do have this chest pain you are referring to. It's very painful; still can NOT touch my chest area at all...even worse after my breast reduction surgery.
It is also the area of TENDER POINTS for our fibromyalgia pain! That's why many of us do not wear a bra due to it being right on those trigger point areas!
I just take my extra strength tylenol for my pain & use cold packs to numb all my painful body areas due to my lyme herxing! Betty G., Iowa
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