Breast edge rib pain

Some women experience pressing pain on the ribs at the edge of the breast. This phenomenon is very common and the reasons are different. I hope everyone can pay attention to it. Common hospitals have rib fractures and diseases such as costochondritis. If this phenomenon often occurs, you should go for examination and treatment in time to avoid some harm.

What is the cause of pain when pressing the ribs around the breast?

There is tenderness when pressing on the ribs around the breast. Generally, different treatment methods are required depending on the cause of the pain. 1. If the pain is caused by a rib fracture, a chest belt rib external fixation is required. If there are multiple rib fractures, surgery to fix the ribs is often required. Second, if the pain is caused by diseases such as intercostal neuralgia or costochondritis, apply Voltaren ointment, pain-relieving ointment and other drugs topically to improve local blood circulation and relieve the patient's pain symptoms.

Clinical manifestations of intercostal neuralgia:

Intercostal neuralgia refers to pain in one or several intercostal areas that radiates from the back along the intercostals to the anterior wall of the chest and abdomen, in a semi-circular distribution. It is usually unilateral, but can also affect both sides simultaneously. The pain is often made worse by coughing, taking deep breaths, or sneezing. Physical examination may reveal tenderness and percussion pain in the thoracic spinous processes, between the spinous processes or beside the vertebrae. A few patients may have tenderness along the intercostals and paresthesias in the areas innervated by the affected nerves. The pain is usually stabbing or burning, and radiates along the intercostal nerves. Local lesions may be seen in herpes zoster.

Diagnosis of intercostal neuralgia:

To establish a diagnosis, we must first identify it as intercostal neuralgia based on the characteristic distribution of pain. Then, more importantly, we must think of and find out the cause of the intercostal neuralgia, especially considering important diseases that are easily overlooked, such as tuberculosis, tumors, osteoporotic compression fractures in the elderly, and early herpes zoster.