Lung pain like pins and needles may be related to lung infection, lung cancer, pneumothorax, pleurisy, intercostal neuritis, rib injury, myocardial ischemia and so on.
1. Lung infection mainly refers to pneumonia. When the condition of pneumonia is serious, fever, cough, sputum, shortness of breath, chest pain and other symptoms may appear.
2. Lung cancer, the tumor presses the lung tissue, invades the blood vessels and nerves, which can also cause the occurrence of pain, which can be manifested as the pain like needle sticking in the lung.
3. Pneumothorax, the outside air enters into the pleural cavity due to various reasons, which leads to the increase of pressure in the chest cavity, and typical chest pain can appear, and the patients feel that their lungs hurt like pins and needles.
4. Pleurisy, mostly due to infection involving the pleura, triggering pleural inflammation, fibrous hyperplasia between the pleura of the dirty layer and the pleura of the wall layer, rubbing against each other and causing pinpoint pain and discomfort.
5. Intercostal neuritis, refers to the pain symptoms in the intercostal innervation area caused by different damages to the thoracic nerve roots or intercostal nerves. 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 pain aggravated.
6. Rib injury, due to rib fracture and other irritating pain, causing pins and needles pain in the lungs.
7. Myocardial ischemia, myocardial ischemia can also appear pain, generally to the anterior region of the heart pain, pain for the boring pain, stabbing pain, squeezing pain and other properties, often accompanied by chest tightness, shortness of breath discomfort, the patient consciously lung pinch like pain.
There are many reasons for lung pain, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, according to the doctor’s instructions for treatment.