Wandering pain in the chest is commonly seen in intercostal neuritis, pleurisy, functional diseases of the chest, rheumatoid diseases and so on. 1. Intercostal neuritis: intercostal neuritis is a syndrome of intercostal pain due to the damage of thoracic nerve roots or intercostal nerves for different reasons, which can be caused by thoracic vertebrae degeneration or injury, tumors, viral infections and other reasons, the pain is distributed along the intercostal area and can be wandering. 2. Pleurisy: the pain caused by pleurisy is stimulated by the mutual friction of the inflamed pleura, most of the pain is located in the chest wall under the armpit, but it can also appear in other parts of the chest, and the pain is wandering. 3. Functional diseases of the chest: such as cardiac neurosis, mostly caused by emotional, mental stress, anxiety and other factors leading to plant nervous system dysfunction, the chest pain location is not certain to be wandering, and there is no organic change in the structure of the tissues in general. 4. Rheumatoid diseases and other immune diseases can also cause pain in different locations of the chest, manifested as wandering pain. It is recommended to go to the hospital for further diagnosis and treatment if you have wandering pain in the chest, which is severe and not relieved for a long time.