Right back and right chest pain may be associated with cervicothoracic spine disorders, thoracic disorders, and abdominal disorders. It may also be due to muscle strain or injury caused by strenuous exercise.
1. Cervical and thoracic spine diseases: patients with herniated discs in the cervical and thoracic spine often have right-sided chest and back pain, which is due to the pain in the neck and vertebrae that leads to radiating pain in the chest and back.
2. Thoracic diseases: right pleurisy, pneumonia and other diseases are often accompanied by cough and chest pain; pleural adhesion can cause right chest and back pain; right chest tumors, such as esophageal cancer, lung cancer, metastatic cancer of ribs, etc., can also cause persistent right chest and back pain.
3. Abdominal diseases: gallbladder stones, hepatic bile duct stones, etc. can cause right chest and back pain, which is mostly intermittent, often with right upper abdominal pressure pain, and rebound pain in patients with serious condition.
4. Muscle strain or injury: prolonged strenuous exercise may lead to muscle strain or ligament strain, which may also lead to the appearance of the symptom.
Right back and right chest pain, if the symptoms persist, or accompanied by other uncomfortable symptoms, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions to perform the relevant tests to clarify the cause, and give targeted treatment.