Costochondritis (wastebasket diagnosis)

[Grumpyarchitect]

Does anyone know what else costochondritis could be misdiagnosed for?

Mine started in September 2021 and the pain in the warmer months subsided.

Anyway, it's back and hurts like fuck. I cannot sleep, I find it difficult to walk and it's so painful I can't raise my arms. Everything hurts. I don't have a cough and I haven't had covid yet.

Anyway due to having doctors for friends, I've just found out that costochondritis isn't considered a real health problem and this wiki page confirms it.

WIKIPEDIA wastebasket diagnosis

So without annoying my friends, has anyone had similar symptoms and been diagnosed with something else? I'm intrigued 😊

I want to see my GP as I want to be better and pain free. But I also don't want to waste his time!

(It's definitely not my heart!)

Costochondritis is a real condition. It’s inflammation of the constochondral joint, and it can reoccur.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/costochondritis/

www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/costochondritis/symptoms-causes/syc-20371175

With regards to the Wikipedia article you’ve linked to - if you look on the citation for Costochondritis, it literally says that it is a real condition.

I've had it and hit hurts. As PP said it's inflammation of the muscles.

I was told ibuprofen could help (but I can't take it).

I had this on and off for a couple of years, no recurrence in the last year or so (yet!). Physio really helped me, it took a few sessions, but each one had an appreciable decrease in pain. I had to pay for it privately though