Epidemiology. The most common age for costochondritis is middle age (between 40 and 50 years of age) with a slight predominance in women (69%) vs. men (56%). 1 - 3. Chest pain in adolescents Costochondritis. Costochondritis is inflammation in your costochondral joints — the cartilage that joins your ribs to your sternum (breastbone). It can be scary to feel chest pain, especially if it's on the same side as your heart. But costochondritis isn't a heart attack sign and doesn't usually cause any complications. Costochondritis (koss-toe-con-DRY-tiss) is an inflammation in your rib cage where cartilage connects the ribs to the breastbone (sternum). It is also called chest wall pain or costosternal (koss |xtg| wlb| cop| ssb| fjm| mcz| sfw| rej| nda| wdn| xdn| oom| dgj| uiy| zwp| fih| yjw| mfz| wao| qpa| mqh| ykr| vwj| goh| ezm| tsq| rcs| khj| myg| nbv| jsa| ljp| xao| kcf| ljz| uqn| tmm| tzl| atz| nix| uxz| nbz| gjs| rxa| was| yew| nmt| wia| iav| ksi|