Inflamation of chest wall

[tamirra]

Hello, ive just been told by the hospital i have inflamation of the chest wall, is this bad and what causes it? Thank you

[Sqad]

No idea what you are talking about.

[bednobs]

What a useful answer! bet you are waiting anxiously to get thanked for that one squad!
Anyway, it could be a multitude of things tamirra. What have the hospital said about any follow up or treatment? Did they not give you a chance to ask questions? were you seeing a consultant; chest physician; radiologist; specialist nurse? How did they know you had inflammation and what symptoms do you have?
TBH, your medical team are the best people to ask otherwise it's just like stabbing in the dark

[tamirra]

Oh, thats what ive just been told by the hospital, due to chest pains, feels like someone is sitting on my chest, also the same feeling in my back, pain which i can pin point on the top of my left breast, that takes my breath away when the pain comes, heart palpatations, and heart misses a beat and then regains the rhythm. Why did they tell me this then if you have not heart of it before Sqad?

[Sqad]

Bednobs....fabulous answer of yours....................but we are none the wiser.

[bednobs]

well, as you know, it's dangerous to diagnose someone over the internet squad!

[tamirra]

Hi Bednobs, originally they thought i may have angina, so i have had bloods done, 24 hr ecg, ecg while on treadmill, all come back fine, so the hospital doc has told me i have this and there is no medication as such to help when i get the pain other than paracetamol or ibuprofen.

[bednobs]

is there any chance of you getting in touch with the hospital doctors secretary and letting them know you have some more questions? Otherwise, you may have to wait till the report is with your gp then quiz them

[Sqad]

tamiira......By Joe I think that I have got it.

Muscular pain, rib cage, almost certainly nothing to do with the heart..........rheumatism.

No big deal.

[tamirra]

..........rheumatism, that would be permanent pain wouldn`t, this isnt, this comes on when it feels like it, even wakes me up when im asleep.

[Sqad]

No, rheumatism is usually intermittent......particularly worse on moving the affected part.

[tamirra]

ok Sqad thank you for your answer.

[daffy654]

Costochondritis is basically inflammation of the cartilidge between the ribs and the sternum,could that be what the doctor meant?

[Sqad]

tamirra....no problem.....anytime I can be of some help.

[DEN53]

could be rheumatoid arthritus - my friend had the same symptons and after loads and loads of tests including MRI scan this is what they came up with. She is now having injections every 6 months into her chest.

[LoftyLottie]

If you google inflammation of the chest wall you will find plenty of information. However, it would be better, as others have said, to contact the hospital and ask for another appointment or an explanation over the phone. Or, as, they will automatically send a report to your GP, it would be simpler to ask him/her.

I get it due to arthritis and back problems but there could be many causes.

[Sqad]

It always amazes me how many people, come back from seeing their Consultant or GP and have no idea what the conclusions have been.

The resort to answers on AB from unqualified posters.

Is this not an indictment of our NHS?

[LoftyLottie]

I don't think so Sqad. Some people don't even ask their GP's or consultants. It would be surprising if a GP refused to discuss it with them or didn't discuss anything that was not understood. Consultants and GP's see so many people that they forget that the layman is not as knowledgeable as them on medical issues and just assume we know what they are talking about. To them it is 'No Big Deal'. If you want to know you have to ask and unless they are grumpy old men they are usually forthcoming!! ;o)

[Sqad]

Lofty....LOL LOL....you are certainly on form......;-)

[LoftyLottie]

:o). And some, like me, hate hospitals so much and are so eager to get home that they just bolt out the door and everything they wanted to ask goes right out of their heads!! I then have to ask my GP everything in great detail. He probably wants to run a mile when he sees me coming.

[Sqad]

Towards you OR away from you? ;-)