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Trying to figure out if the cause is fybro? I'm tired of blaming everything on Fybro but I truly don't have know other explanation. I don't play tackle football lol!

July 18, 2017
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Members strongly confirmed that rib pain and tenderness, often described as feeling bruised or cracked, is a common fibromyalgia symptom, with... Read more

Members strongly confirmed that rib pain and tenderness, often described as feeling bruised or cracked, is a common fibromyalgia symptom, with many sharing it was even their first sign of the condition. Several members identified costochondritis, a non-cardiac chest pain caused by inflammation, as a specific diagnosis they received after visits to doctors or the ER, noting it can make breathing painful and often comes and goes unpredictably. A recurring theme was finding relief through rest, gentle movement, heat, changing positions, or simply removing constrictive clothing like bras, while emphasizing the importance of ruling out other causes like pleurisy with a doctor if the pain persists.

A MyFibroTeam Member

It's called costochondritis it's non cardiac related chest pain caused by the fibromyalgia you can Google it

July 18, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

I have that rib stuff and it can be do to fibro----sorry. I've been to the ER 2x for it, since it is on my Left side, but that was years ago. It comes and goes, with me. Right now I am suffering with the costochondritis and nothing seems to help me.

July 18, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

I have this also. My ribs are also very painful to the touch. If I press on them with my fingers it feels like I'm pressing on a bruise.

July 18, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

Yeah same with me it was why i first went to docs pain all round my ribs and it hurt to touch and to breathe in and out it was the first time i had heard of fibromyalgia my dic said it could be but i wasnt diagnosed for about another 5 years when pain was spreading all round my body i was sent to hospital and tbey diagnised me xx

July 27, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

Yes my rib cage is permanently tender can't wait to get home from work to take my bra off !

July 24, 2017

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