What’s going on? I feel a tendon under my left rib cage.

A tenderness felt under the left rib may be caused by infection, muscle strain, costochondritis and digestive diseases.
1. Infection: mainly refers to lung infection, pleural infection, can cause a tendon under the left rib pain, patients are often accompanied by deep breathing restrictions, fever, cough and other symptoms.
2. Muscle strain: commonly caused by carrying heavy loads in the lumbar square muscle in the iliac rib bundle injury or muscle spasm, the patient may appear under the left rib to feel a tendon pain.
3. Costal chondritis: commonly caused by long-term strain resulting in aseptic inflammation of the cartilage, stimulation of the peripheral nerves caused by the patient to appear under the left rib to feel a tendon pain.
4. Digestive tract diseases: common in the stomach tissue lesions, stomach cramps and other conditions, the patient may appear under the left rib to feel a tendon pain symptoms.
There may be other reasons for the pain in the left rib cage, so it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy.