While Slipping Rib Syndrome has been described in medical literature for more than a century, it’s still poorly understood and often misdiagnosed. Patients often lose months or years dealing with undiagnosed, untreated pain. ashleyabrmsn writes
for more than a century, it’s still poorly understood and often misdiagnosed. Because SRS is relatively unknown among doctors, many of whom already have a general distrust of women’s complaints, patients like Hart often lose months or years of their lives dealing with and trying to figure out the cause of their pain.slipping rib syndrome?
Anyone can get SRS, but Hansen says nearly 80 percent of the patients he’s treated have been biological women. Some have a musculoskeletal condition called Ehlers Danlos syndrome, which results in overly mobile muscles and tissues. Pregnancy can cause ribs to dislocate, too, as can any kind of trauma to the ribs — for example, a car accident, falling on ice, or even routine tasks like cleaning or shoveling.“This has been happening to me ever since I had my son,” one person replied.
Like many other chronic illnesses, SRS is hard to diagnose, adding another layer of stress. Hansen says many of his patients have seen 30 to 50 doctors, many of whom dismiss their pain or, at best, recommend ibuprofen and ice. “This is probably one of the most underdiagnosed conditions people have,” he says. “People just swirl around for years trying to figure out what’s causing their symptoms.
Now, a growing number of surgeons repair the cartilage instead, using permanent stitches to return the slipping area back to where it should be and prevent future nerve irritation. So far, it’s changing lives. Hansen first performed the surgery in 2021 on a 21-year-old patient who struggled with suicidal ideation due to his slipping rib syndrome. “I sutured his ribs back to the other ribs in a way that would avoid the nerves,” he says.
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