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Costochondritis is a common cause of chest pain. It is caused by inflammation of the joints in the rib cage.The symptoms of costochondritis include sharp chest pain, which feels worse when coughing, sneezing or breathing heavily, and tenderness or soreness of the rib cage.The pain caused by costochondritis usually goes away within a few days or weeks.Your ribcage is an arrangement of bones and cartilage that protects the inner organs in your chest and helps the lungs to function. The cartilage connects the bones to each other; it is more flexible than bone, and that flexibility allows the ribcage to expand and contract so that you can breathe, cough or sneeze.Costochondritis is pain caused by inflammation of the joints in the rib cage where the cartilage connects to rib bones or to the breastbone (sternum). It is a common cause of chest pain.
Costochondritis is inflammation of rib joints.
Costochondritis can be caused by several factor