Costochondritis is the inflammation of the cartilage of the rib cage, which causes chest pain near the sternum. The cause of ...

Costochondritis, an inflammation of costochondral junctions of ribs or chondrosternal joints of the anterior chest wall, is a common condition seen in patients presenting to the physician's office and ...

Dear Doctor K: I'm a 38-year-old woman. I recently saw my doctor about a sharp pain that comes and goes in the middle of my chest. She assures me my heart is healthy. What could be causing my ...

This week we are going to explore a cause of frontal chest pain which is often confused with other more dangerous sources of this pain. Tietze’s Syndrome or Costochondritis is a condition in which the ...

I have been told that I have costochondritis - when I sleep on the right side I have shooting pain which last for hours at an end - in fact any pressure on that side or it may be while turning or any ...