Coughing causes stabbing pain in the right chest at the ribs may be caused by pleurisy, pneumothorax, costochondritis, etc. The treatment includes medication, surgery, etc., and the use of medication should be in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.
1. Pleurisy: in case of tuberculous pleurisy, anti-tuberculous drugs such as isoniazid and rifampicin can be used. If it is caused by tumor compression, surgical resection can be chosen, and the condition needs to be treated with radiotherapy, chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin, and so on.
2. Pneumothorax: a small amount of pneumothorax can be aspirated by thoracentesis, and those who fail to be aspirated can be treated with closed chest drainage. If the effect of internal medicine treatment is not good, surgery should be performed, such as thoracoscopic surgery and open thoracic surgery.
3. Costal chondritis: patients should be appropriate bed rest, avoid strenuous exercise, can take ibuprofen and other painkillers, the condition is serious, repeated occurrence of the author of feasible surgical resection.
Cough caused by the right chest ribbing pain can also be seen in other diseases, it is recommended that the patient to the regular hospital in a timely manner, in order to avoid delaying the condition.