Some patients experience occasional pain in the chest that disappears, and this condition may be intercostal neuralgia. Patients with intercostal neuralgia may experience stabbing pain in the chest. There are many causes of intercostal neuralgia, such as herpes zoster, intercostal neuritis, thoracic spinal tuberculosis, spinal or spinal cord tumors, ankylosing spondylitis, and other diseases that may cause intercostal nerve damage, resulting in intercostal neuralgia. In patients with milder symptoms, the pain may be a brief stabbing or burning pain, while in some patients with more severe conditions, the pain may last longer. In addition, patients suffering from viral myocarditis, cardiac neurosis or coronary artery disease may also experience chest pain, and need to go to the hospital to improve the relevant tests before a clear diagnosis can be made and targeted treatment can be given.