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Costochondritis is a common condition that is responsible for approximately 13–36% of acute chest pain-related concerns from adults depending on the setting, with 14–39% for adolescents. [8] It is most often seen in individuals who are older than 40 years of age and occurs more often in women than in men.
Complications: rare complications include myocarditis, respiratory failure, hepatic necrosis with coagulopathy, and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) Duration: between one day and one week: Causes: Coxsackie B, Coxsackie A, Echovirus: Diagnostic method: clinical diagnosis after ruling out more emergent causes of chest and abdominal pain
Costochondritis is a common cause of chest pain, consisting of up to 30% of chest pain complaints in emergency departments. The pain is typically diffused with the upper costochondral or sternocostal junctions most frequently involved, unlike slipping rib syndrome, which involves the lower rib cage.
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Relapsing polychondritis is a systemic disease characterized by repeated episodes of inflammation and in some cases deterioration of cartilage.The disease can be life-threatening if the respiratory tract, heart valves, or blood vessels are affected.
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Hints and the solution for today's Wordle on Thursday, February 13.
The Mayo Clinic websites are reliable, and they are way better than having no references! But ideally, a Wikipedia article will use the medical literature to derive its own content. Biosthmors 19:14, 27 December 2012 (UTC) Right, just wanted to start beefing up the references and went for the easy references first.