Question: I was diagnosed with costochondritis (CC). I am a female, age 64, that has enjoyed very good health. Last month when I woke up at night with pain in my chest, I was very worried. I used pain medication, but didn't go to the Dr. (no insurance) as I hoped everything would just go away. I laid around for about a week with chills and fever and pain with breathing. And I did get better. But then 10 days later, it was back with all the symptoms. I soon after went to the Dr. and he listened to my heart and lungs (said they sounded good, and I refused the EKG and chest XRay - again no insurance) He found the sore area on my sternum somewhere around the 2nd and 3rd rib. I have looked up CC and see that I have the classical symptoms except the chills and fever. I did not have a temperature when I visited the Dr. (as I was well into ibuprophen) but I continue to get chills and fever regularly at the end of the ibuprophren. The usual temp is 101F, and I am very chilly/shivery. After about an hour into the ibuprophren the chills and fever disappear, but I am perspiring fairly heavily - something I have never done before. This second episode is now into day 10. Do I need to return to the Dr. and get a chest XRay????