Costochondritis

Costochondritis is frequently misdiagnosed as a musculoskeletal injury when the actual source is bile duct pressure. Standard medical references list the cause of costochondritis as unknown. Costochondritis accounts for 30% of all emergency room visits for chest pain. Costochondritis has identifiable causes that respond to targeted intervention and is not truly idiopathic. Conventional medicine typically cannot identify a clear cause of costochondritis unless there is obvious physical trauma, pneumonia, or shingles. Costochondritis is inflammation at the junction where the ribs connect to the sternum via cartilage. Costochondritis is pain or tenderness at the junction where ribs connect to the sternum via cartilage. Costochondritis is inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs to the sternum. The relatively thin, stress-bearing cartilage connecting the ribs to the sternum is particularly vulnerable to deficiency- and injury-driven damage. Both left-side and right-side costochondritis can trace back to digestive and biliary congestion once cardiac and other causes are excluded. Without a history of recent heavy exertion, sternum cartilage inflammation has no logical mechanic…