Chest pain like pins and needles can be caused by intercostal neuralgia, angina pectoris, pulmonary embolism, pneumothorax and other diseases, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time.
1. Intercostal neuralgia: it is a syndrome of striated pain between the ribs of the chest triggered by damage to the intercostal nerves, and the pain can be pinprick-like, cut-like, burning-like, mostly persistent, and sometimes radiating to the back of the shoulder.
2. Angina pectoris: it is caused by insufficient blood supply from coronary arteries, resulting in myocardial ischemia and hypoxia, and the pain is mostly oppressive and asphyxiating paroxysmal chest pain, but atypical ones can be manifested as pins-and-needles pain in the chest, which can be triggered or aggravated by emotional excitement and physical labor, and the symptoms can be relieved after stopping the activity or taking nitroglycerin under the tongue.
3. Pulmonary embolism: it refers to a group of diseases caused by various emboli blocking the pulmonary artery or its branches. In addition to chest pain, patients may also have symptoms such as dyspnea, hemoptysis and fainting.
4. Pneumothorax: it refers to the disease caused by various reasons that the pleural cavity is broken and air enters into the pleural cavity. Chest pain is mostly a sudden sharp persistent stabbing or cutting pain, which can be aggravated by inhalation, and can be accompanied by dyspnea, irritating dry cough and other symptoms.
Patients with chest pain like pins and needles, which is not relieved by resting or accompanied by other discomforts, should consult a doctor in time to find out the cause of the disease and carry out the corresponding treatment under the guidance of the doctor, avoiding blind judgment on their own, so as to avoid delaying the condition.