The causes of rib pain in the chest may be physiological factors, such as overexertion, strenuous exercise, emotional excitement and so on. Excluding physiological factors, it may be related to abnormalities in the surrounding tissues, such as costochondritis, intercostal neuralgia, pneumonia, tumors in the lungs and reflux esophagitis.
1. Overwork, strenuous exercise, emotional excitement: in daily life, overwork, strenuous exercise, emotional excitement, there will be an increase in the amount of thoracic movement, the surrounding muscle spasms, which may cause local pain and discomfort during the rest period.
2. Costochondritis: it is related to trauma and inflammation, which may cause pain and discomfort due to swelling of the surrounding soft tissues and local irritation.
3. Intercostal neuralgia: it is a symptom caused by nerve injury and is accompanied by localized radiating pain.
4. Pneumonia: obvious inflammation in the lungs, causing irritation to the pleura, which will also cause related symptoms.
5. Tumor in the lungs: the appearance of lung cancer and other tumorous lesions, resulting in the restriction of movement and destruction of the surrounding tissues, will also cause related symptoms.
6. Reflux esophagitis: gastroesophageal reflux, which causes burning to the esophageal mucosa, will cause related symptoms.
Chest rib pain can also be seen in other diseases, it is recommended that patients go to the regular hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition.