What medicine should I take for thoracic pain

When thoracic pain occurs, we should first look for the cause, especially habits such as bad sitting posture, which can also cause pain in the thoracic spine. So what medicine is good for thoracic pain? The general choice is analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs that can relieve pain. But the specific medicine to take depends on the cause of the pain. If there is bone hyperplasia in a joint, it will be more difficult to treat, and some may even require surgery.

1. What medicine should I take for thoracic spine pain?

It is recommended that you use ibuprofen sustained-release capsules: for the relief of mild to moderate pain such as joint pain, muscle pain, neuralgia, headache, migraine, toothache, dysmenorrhea, and also for fever caused by the common cold or influenza. Oral administration: Adults take 1 tablet at a time, twice a day (morning and evening). Please consult your doctor or pharmacist for dosage for children. Avoid smoking, alcohol, spicy food, food that is too cold, too hot, and irritating food with fishy smell.

2. Causes of thoracic spine pain

1. The main pathological changes include thoracic disc protrusion, disc micro-depression resulting in narrowing of the intervertebral space and intervertebral foramen, pseudovertebral slippage, bone hyperplasia of vertebral margins and joints, and hypertrophy of the yellow ligament. The most common of these are intervertebral disc and intervertebral foraminal stenosis.

2. Aging and metabolic dysfunction and decline are the basic factors for the onset of the disease. The vast majority of them have a history of strain or cold, a history of trauma, postoperative recurrence or postoperative sequelae, and some patients also suffer from cervical, thoracic, and lumbar diseases.

Treatment and prevention of thoracic pain

1. Avoid excessive fatigue and incorrect posture. For example, people who do mental work are more likely to suffer from cervical vertebra hyperplasia because they work with their heads down for a long time, which puts too much load on the cervical spine; while people who do physical labor, such as porters and athletes, are more likely to suffer from lumbar vertebra hyperplasia. Carpenters and fitters are more likely to suffer from elbow hyperplasia. Obese people are more likely to have calcaneal hyperplasia.

2. Avoid strenuous activities. Because when the human body moves, it often excessively stretches the ligaments attached to the edges of the vertebral bones and the joint capsules on the facet joints. Due to the constant stretching and repeated stimulation of the periosteum there, it will cause bone hyperplasia at the edges of the vertebral bodies and facet joints.

3. Exercise appropriately. Regular exercise keeps each joint with a larger range of motion, so that the articular cartilage is evenly stressed and does not soften. On the contrary, people who do not insist on exercising will have limited force on their joint cartilage and aggravate damage, which can easily cause arthritis; regular exercise can make muscles and ligaments strong, stabilize the joints, and increase the firmness of bones; regular exercise can make the joints continuously secrete synovial fluid, which has a nutritional effect on the joints and can delay their aging.