Rib gap pain may be related to the fork in the air, costochondritis, intercostal neuralgia, rib fracture and so on.
1. Breathlessness: no warm-up before strenuous exercise or violent exertion will easily cause breathlessness, causing respiratory muscle spasm, resulting in chest intercostal gap pain, which is a normal phenomenon, and will be relieved after rest and massage.
2. Costal chondritis: costal chondritis is mainly due to a variety of reasons leading to inflammatory reaction of the costal cartilage and sternum junction area, manifested as chest pain and pressure pain, caused by infectious factors can also appear local skin redness, swelling, heat, pain. The patient is self-conscious of the pain and discomfort in the rib gap.
3. Intercostal neuralgia: Intercostal neuralgia refers to the pain symptoms in the intercostal innervation area caused by different damages to the thoracic nerve root or intercostal nerve. The pain is tingling or burning pain, manifested as paroxysmal or persistent, mostly in the chest or abdomen in a band-like distribution, coughing, deep breathing or sneezing when the pain is aggravated, can be manifested as rib crevice pain.
4. Rib fracture: ribs will be fractured under the action of external violence, resulting in localized pain, swelling, pressure and discomfort, there will be deformity, abnormal activities, bone rubbing sound or bone rubbing feeling, can be manifested as rib gap pain.
It is recommended to go to the hospital for examination to find out the cause of rib gap pain and then treat it under the guidance of the doctor.