Female left breast pain

In daily life, some people sometimes experience pain in the upper left chest. If it's just mild pain, there's no need to worry too much. This could be nerve pain or breathing difficulties. But some people experience frequent pain, which is often aggravated by fatigue and relieved after rest. This situation needs attention. Let's take a closer look at what causes pain in the upper left chest.

1. If the painful area will cause pain when pressed lightly, it means that the pain is located in the sternum, and the condition may be caused by sternum muscle spasm. It is caused by long-term crooked posture, lowering the head, leaning on the table, excessive exercise, local cold, etc., which lead to sternal muscle fatigue and spasm. This disease is very common among people who work in front of the computer.

2. It is also possible that the chest pain is caused by the heart. The more common one is angina pectoris. The pain comes in waves and is always in the precordial area. You can't feel the pain by pressing the painful area with your hands.

3. It is also possible that it is a rib disease, the most common of which is costochondritis. This type of disease has symptoms in the human body, such as the part may become larger, thicker, protruding, and swollen. There is pain when pressing with the hand, but there is no swelling of the skin.

4. Costal neuritis: The pain is often distributed along the intercostals, and is most obvious in the mid-axillary line, beside the spine, and beside the shoulder blade. It is stabbing or burning pain, and can be aggravated by turning around, taking a deep breath, and coughing.

5. Pleuritic chest pain: The pain is mostly located under the armpit or around the armpit, often accompanied by low fever, cough, shallow and rapid breathing, etc.

The above is a detailed introduction to what causes pain in the upper left chest. In short, from the above introduction we know that there are many factors that affect the pain in the upper left chest. Among them, heart pain and pleuritic pain are all warning messages sent to us by the human body. We need to go to a regular hospital for diagnosis as soon as possible, and then carry out targeted treatment. If you usually have pain in the upper left chest, you should pay attention to rest and avoid catching cold and excessive fatigue.