tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60582267057104889752011-07-07T17:59:22.784-07:00orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527817107172344450noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058226705710488975.post-75413299548345907722008-10-20T00:30:00.000-07:002008-10-20T00:41:35.569-07:00<strong>YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE COSTOCHONDRITIS. MANY SYMPTOMS OF COSTOCHONDRITIS ARE ACTUALLY CAUSED BY ACID REFLUX AND INFLAMMATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.</strong><br /><br />I was diagnosed with Costochondritis when I went to see the doctor complaining that I had sore ribs. I initially had this very sharp pain in my chest, near to my heart, and thought that I had perhaps torn something. a few weeks after my ribs began to feel sore at the front of my chest, particularly if I raised my arms, arched my back or pushed down on my sternum. The doctor gave me some anti-infammatory drugs, which helped.<br /><br />I then went back and checked on the internet and everything at that point seemed to make sense.<br /><br />A few months passed and the symptoms never went away. The symptoms changed slightly, in that on days that my ribs were not sore, I got the felling of indigestion and acid reflux. I started to develop an itchy cough.<br /><br />A few more months passed and I noticed that my stools were rather black and tarry. At this point I went back and met another doctor (one who specialised in Gastroenterology), who gave me an endoscopy and confirmed that I had a stomach ulcer, presumably as a result of taking too many anti-inflammatory drungs.<br /><br />I was also told that I had an inflammed Oesophagus junction (EG Junction/OG Junction) and this was later diagnosed as Barrett's esophagus, which is a little more worrying.<br /><br />I had been introduced to the idea of acid reflux but I was convinced that I had costochondritis. If you think that you have costochondritis, but you sometimes get the feeling hearburn or acid reflux or general indigestion, or a feeling of having a lump in your throat, then it is probably your esophagus. You should not exclude this possibility, and get it checked out.<br /><br />Good luck<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6058226705710488975-7541329954834590772?l=costochondritis-acidreflux.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527817107172344450noreply@blogger.com1