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Pain Between Clavices

EmilyJ93

By EmilyJ93
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This is super random - but does anyone get pain right between their clavicles in the front of the chest? It hurts when I take a deep breath sometimes and also is worse when I bend over. It feels like musculoskeletal pain. It only lasts for a few days and then goes away for a while until it comes back. I also have noticed pain in my neck kind of leading down to the inward points of my two clavicles. When I have these episodes it also kinda hurts to swallow - as if my throat feels tight or something. My thyroid levels are all normal. I was just diagnosed about a week ago and haven’t yet started cutting out gluten, as I am traveling out of the country for the next week.
 

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Are you asking about this in relation to celiac disease? 

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20 minutes ago, trents said:

Are you asking about this in relation to celiac disease? 

Yes. Just wondering if others have joint/muscle pain. Could be unrelated but just curious.  

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I had both the pain on deep breaths, like my lung was stuck, and a pain between clavicles usually if I let myself get hungry.  Both cleared after starting GFD, but I did not notice how long after.

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26 minutes ago, Wheatwacked said:

I had both the pain on deep breaths, like my lung was stuck, and a pain between clavicles usually if I let myself get hungry.  Both cleared after starting GFD, but I did not notice how long after.

That’s super interesting - thank you for sharing! I’ve always thought mine was just from tweaking some muscles occasionally from sleeping weird. Interested to see if it changes once I start gluten-free! 

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That is an area of the body prone to arthritis where the clavicles attach to the sternum. There is kind of a pseudo joint there. Does the pain coincide with getting glutened?

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Christy Sue Newbie
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On 11/19/2021 at 3:38 PM, EmilyJ93 said:

This is super random - but does anyone get pain right between their clavicles in the front of the chest? It hurts when I take a deep breath sometimes and also is worse when I bend over. It feels like musculoskeletal pain. It only lasts for a few days and then goes away for a while until it comes back. I also have noticed pain in my neck kind of leading down to the inward points of my two clavicles. When I have these episodes it also kinda hurts to swallow - as if my throat feels tight or something. My thyroid levels are all normal. I was just diagnosed about a week ago and haven’t yet started cutting out gluten, as I am traveling out of the country for the next week.
 

Thanks in advance! 

I was diagnosed with SIBO and this is a common problem for me.  It makes me really anxious and nervous when it happens.  I have been to the ER on a few occasions to check my heart and my cardiologist did a stress test just to rule out my heart.  

Today they are going to test me for Celiac since none of the treatments I have been doing for months are helping with SIBO.  I have lost 23 pounds in a very short time span so this too is concerning.

I am glad I found this article because if thought I was going crazy having chest pain I was afraid to mention it anymore since all cardia test were negative.  Thanks for sharing your story.

 

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Welcome to the forum @Christy Sue, please let us know how your tests turn out. Be sure that you've been eating ~2 slices of wheat bread per day in the 6-8 weeks leading up to the blood tests, and 2 weeks before an endoscopy.

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