What is the pain in the bone under the right breast?

Breast health is very important for women. Breasts are a very important part of the body. Once there is any abnormality in the breasts, it is necessary to pay attention to it and actively receive treatment. Don't be careless. The earlier the treatment, the better for your health. If you experience pain in the bones under the breasts, you must go to the hospital for relevant examinations as soon as possible to find out the cause in time.

What is the pain in the bone under the right breast?

It may be costal osteomyelitis, or it may be breast hyperplasia or mastitis. Go to the hospital for a detailed examination and symptomatic treatment in time.

What are the symptoms of costochondritis?

1. Nonspecific costochondritis

In the early stage of the disease, patients feel chest pain. After a few days, swelling, bulge, dull pain or sharp pain appear in the affected costal cartilage. The site of occurrence is mostly the 2nd to 4th costal cartilage beside the sternum, with the 2nd costal cartilage being the most common, and occasionally it can also occur in the costal arch. This disease often affects a single rib, but occasionally multiple ribs or both sides of the ribs are affected at the same time. There is obvious local tenderness, and the pain radiates severely to the scapula or side shoulder, upper arm, and armpit of the back, and is aggravated by deep breathing, coughing, and activity. Because the lesion is located in the upper part of the breast, there is also referred pain in the breast on the same side, and female patients mistakenly think they have breast pain and seek medical treatment. The course of the disease may last for several hours or days, but it may relapse and usually heal itself within a few months, but in some cases it may last for several years.

2. Infectious costochondritis

The local skin will become red, swollen, hot and painful, with chest pain being the main symptom. Most of the symptoms are of this type first, with varying degrees of severity. Patients are afraid to take deep breaths or cough due to chest pain, which can easily lead to lung infection. Soft tissue necrosis can form abscesses, and rupture of abscesses can form sinus tracts. Patients often have obvious systemic infection symptoms.

What causes chondritis?

1. Cartilage itself has no blood vessels. Its blood supply mainly comes from the perichondrium. If the perichondrium is infected, the cartilage will die due to lack of blood supply, which will cause the infection to persist and be incurable, and pass through the skin to form sinus tracts. Infectious costochondritis is mainly caused by infection of the perichondrium, which leads to ischemia and necrosis of the cartilage, and is also related to insensitivity to antibiotics.

2. Pus and granulation tissue will be generated around the infected costal cartilage. The surface of the ischemic and necrotic costal cartilage will not be smooth and will undergo various changes. Some will become thinner and become rat tail-shaped, while others will be completely absorbed. Infectious costochondritis is mostly secondary. Costochondritis is more commonly seen today as a result of infection following surgical intervention.

3. Infectious costochondritis, the pathogenic bacteria are mainly purulent bacteria, which requires the use of sterile operation during surgery to avoid postoperative infection, which leads to costochondritis. It is also necessary to avoid or reduce damage to the periosteum of the cartilage as much as possible, which can also reduce the occurrence of costochondritis.