Hello. I am 37 year old female with Cronh's disease who was recently diagnosed with mild spondylitis, due to lower back pain of an inflammatory nature. My rheumatologist prescribed Humira, and I started my first dose last week.

Over the past few weeks, I have been noticing some mild upper back and chest pain that feels somewhat similar to my lower back pain. I don't have any shortness of breath or breathing issues with the pain. I don't have any neurological symptoms either.

My last MRI showed the following findings for the discs in my thoracic region:
- Disc bulging at T6-T7 is noted.
- There is central posterior disc protrusion at T11-T12 resulting in
mild narrowing of the spinal canal

Is it possible that either the spondylitis or the disc issues could be causing this upper back and chest pain?

Thank you.