Story about Costochondritis / Tietze Syndrome .

Overleven met Tietze

Dec 26, 2015

By: Arno


In 1975 ontstonden hevige pijnklachten rondom het borstbeen met uitstraling naar de armen. Ik dacht al op jonge leeftijd een hartaanval te hebben. Veel onderzoeken later bleken de klachten niet aan mijn hart te liggen. Wat het dan wel was bleek pas na vele jaren van angst en onzekerheid in 1995 na een bezoek aan een andere huisarts. Ik had "de ziekte- of het syndroom van Tietze". Verder niets van bekend, "neem maar een pijnstiller en leer er maar mee leven", was zijn advies. Daar sta je dan. Veel pijn maar aan je lot overgelaten, want pijnstillers hielpen niet. Ik heb in 1997 een website over Tietze gemaakt met alle informatie die ik kon vinden, die in korte tijd veel bezoekers trok. In 2003 heb ik samen met een andere patiënt de Nederlandse vereniging van Tietze- en costochondritispatiënten opgericht en werd mijn website de verenigingswebsite. Tot 2013 was ik voorzitter van deze vereniging. 

HOW TO SURVIVE AND LIVE WITH TIETZE?
In 1975 I became severe pain around the sternum with radiation to both arms. I thought at a young age to have a heart attack. Many studies later it turned out that the complaints were not caused by my heart. What else it was became clear only after many years of fear and uncertainty in 1995 after a visit to another doctor. I had "The disease- or syndrome of Tietze". Furthermore, nothing was known, "Take a painkiller and learn to live with it," was his advice. There you are. Much pain but left to your own fate, because doctors and painkillers did not help me. In 1997 I created a website about Tietze with all the information I could find, which was visited by many visitors in a short time. In 2003, I, along with another patient, founded the Dutch association of Tietze- and costochondritispatiënten and my website became the association's website. Until 2013 I was chairman of this association.

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