Pain above the waist may have the following reasons: first, intercostal neuralgia, intercostal neuralgia patients can appear above the waist at the intercostal nerve course of pain, often hidden pain, stabbing pain or radiating pain, then early checkups for diagnosis and treatment; second, herpes zoster, in the early stage of herpes zoster, pain above the waist can also occur, in the latent period after the Chinese medicine department should be early to carry out Early diagnosis and treatment; third, rib disease, when the ribs have a tumor or metastatic tumor, there can be pain above the waist, then we should carry out rib CT, ECT examination for early diagnosis and treatment; fourth, dermal neuritis, if there is chronic inflammation of the dermal nerves above the waist, can lead to pain and numbness in the skin of the area of its innervations, and then we have to carry out early checkups for early diagnosis. diagnosis.