The pain of breathing like a fork in the air under the right chest may be related to intercostal neuritis, rib fracture, pleurisy, acute chest and rib pain, etc., which can be treated by general treatment, medication, surgery and other methods.
1. Intercostal neuritis: the pain that feels like a fork in the right lower chest may be related to intercostal neuritis. Intercostal neuritis caused by varicella zoster virus will stimulate the intercostal nerves, which will cause fork in the right lower chest, and it needs to be treated with medications such as ribavirin, ganciclovir, acetaminophen, and methylcobalamin under the guidance of a doctor.
2. Rib fracture: right chest rib fracture may also cause right chest pain, need to go to the hospital to take chest CT to clarify the scope and extent of the fracture, for rib fracture, generally can be treated conservatively with analgesia, external fixation, and so on, and in severe cases, can be surgical reset treatment.
3. Pleurisy: when the external infection involves the pleura, it can lead to pleurisy, causing pleural adhesions, which may cause severe pain like a fork in the road, and requires anti-infection treatment, commonly used drugs include cefixime, levofloxacin, metronidazole, etc. If it is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, it should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for anti-tuberculosis drugs such as rifampicin, isoniazid and other anti-tuberculosis drugs.
4. Acute thoracic rib pain: that is, the fork in the air, should be immediately after the occurrence of the brake, the affected limb will be appropriate to lift up, to the opposite side to do the extension of the action, while paying attention to the deep inhalation, at the same time, breath-holding, hold for a few seconds after the exhalation, with the massage, hot compresses are generally very good results. Severe pain can be oral diclofenac sodium and other painkillers symptomatic treatment.
It is recommended that the symptoms of pain under the right chest breathing like a fork in the air, should go to the hospital to check, identify the cause, under the guidance of the doctor treatment.