There are many reasons why the left chest is higher than the right chest, such as pleural effusion, breast disease, left costochondritis, developmental deformities and other reasons.
1. Pleural effusion: congestive heart failure, tuberculosis, inflammatory infections, hypoproteinemia, tumors and other causes, resulting in pleural effusion on the left side, which will lead to the left side of the rib space is full, the left chest is higher than the right chest phenomenon.
2. Breast diseases: left mastitis, breast hyperplasia, breast tumor and other diseases will cause left breast congestion and enlargement, which may lead to the left breast being higher than the right one.
3. Scoliosis: One or several segments of the spine bend to the side to form a deformity with a curve. There may be no obvious symptoms in the early stage, but with the growth and development of scoliosis, the deformity may develop rapidly, resulting in slow development of height, unequal height of shoulders, and the clinical manifestation that the thorax is not higher on one side than on the other.
4. Developmental deformity: congenital thoracic developmental deformity may also cause the left chest to be higher than the right chest.
The left chest is higher than the right chest, there may be other reasons, need to go to the hospital in time to check, clarify the cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.