The causes of left lower rib occult pain may include pleural lesions, digestive disorders, respiratory disorders, and cardiogenic disorders.
1. Pleural lesions: pleurisy is common, with breathing movement, due to pleural nerve pulling, it will lead to left lower rib pain.
2. Digestive diseases: chronic gastritis, reflux esophagitis, gastric ulcer, etc. can cause vague pain in the left lower ribs, and there are often symptoms such as acid reflux, heartburn, belching and so on.
3. Respiratory diseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial dilatation, tuberculosis and other diseases can cause pain in the left lower rib, often accompanied by coughing, sputum and other symptoms.
4. Cardiac diseases: such as myocardial ischemia, coronary heart disease, heart failure and other diseases can cause left lower rib pain, often accompanied by shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness and other symptoms.
The left lower rib pain should go to the hospital in time, identify the cause of the disease, and treat the cause.