Right chest above the clavicle down position pain, may be soft tissue injury, fracture, costal chondritis, pleurisy, coronary heart disease and other diseases, should be the cause, symptomatic active treatment.
1. Soft tissue injury: such as soft tissue contusion, muscle strain, etc., should pay attention to keep the contusion site skin clean, muscle strain can be taken to massage, hot compresses and other physical therapy, pain can be localized use of diclofenac sodium topical preparation.
2. Fracture: such as rib fracture, clavicle fracture, etc., generally use physical therapy, local braking and then external fixation, at the same time can use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs symptomatic pain treatment.
3. Costal chondritis: Costal chondritis refers to the inflammatory lesions occurring in the rib cartilage. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply ibuprofen, diclofenac sodium and other drugs for treatment, if necessary, surgical treatment.
4. Pleurisy: pleurisy can occur when the pleura is infected by the outside world, causing pain in the right chest above the clavicle and downward, and it is mainly treated with anti-infective drugs, such as ceftazidime, levofloxacin and metronidazole as prescribed by the doctor, and if it is combined with pleural effusion at the same time, it is necessary to carry out pleural puncture to extract fluid or closed drainage of the chest cavity.
5. Coronary artery disease: some patients with coronary artery disease have atypical symptoms, and they may have pain in the right chest above the clavicle and downward, and they should follow the doctor’s instructions to apply nitroglycerin, metoprolol, nifedipine and other drugs for treatment. Interventional or surgical treatment is available for severe cases.
If the patient feels pain in the right chest above the clavicle downward position, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition or causing adverse reactions.