There are more causes of right subcostal pain, such as intercostal neuralgia, pleurisy, trauma, lung disease, liver disease and related gallbladder disease.
1. Intercostal neuralgia: mainly due to infectious diseases such as herpes zoster, trauma and related thoracic spine diseases, manifested as a painful sensation in the affected area along the intercostal space.
2. Pleurisy: it is commonly caused by bacterial or viral infections that involve the pleura of the affected area, and it may also be caused by lung cancer and other malignant tumors invading the pleura.
3. Trauma: there is a clear history of trauma, which is caused by soft tissue contusion, rib cartilage injury and rib fracture.
4. Lung disease: it is common that bacteria, mycoplasma, viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms invade the lungs, which leads to inflammation of the lungs.
5. Liver diseases: the more common ones are viral and alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver can also lead to pain under the right rib cage, and can also be seen in primary liver cancer.
6. Gallbladder diseases: more common are gallbladder stones, cholecystitis, gallbladder cancer and so on.
There may also be other reasons, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital to improve the ultrasound, CT and other imaging tests and other tests, in order to clarify the cause of the disease.