What causes lung pain?

Lung pain should never be ignored, because many diseases can cause lung pain, such as common pleural diseases, including pleurisy, or chest wall diseases, such as costochondritis, chest wall neuropathy, or digestive system diseases, all of which can cause lung pain symptoms.

1. Pleural diseases:

Pleurisy: Tuberculosis is more common in China. There is chest pain at the beginning of the disease, which is aggravated by coughing and deep breathing. The chest pain disappears when there is a lot of pleural effusion. It may be accompanied by fever, night sweats, weight loss, loss of appetite and other symptoms. It can be diagnosed by chest X-ray or chest B-ultrasound. The fluid should be drawn in time to prevent adhesion or wrapping. Follow the doctor's advice and insist on taking a full course of anti-tuberculosis drugs. Cancerous pleural effusion can be used to find cancer cells and perform anti-cancer treatment.

2. Chest wall diseases:

1. Costochondritis: It is mostly located at the junction of the third and fourth ribs and the costal cartilage, presenting as needle-like or continuous acute pain, with slight bulge and tenderness visible locally. This disease is a non-bacterial inflammation and there is no need to take antibiotics. Instead, you can take antipyretic and analgesic drugs such as ibuprofen and fenbid.

2. Chest wall neuropathy:

Neuroitis caused by viruses, such as herpes zoster or intercostal neuritis, or by nerve root punctures caused by spinal cord or spinal lesions. The pain is mostly located in the distribution area of ​​the diseased intercostal nerves, and may be tingling, burning, or even knife-like pain. There may be tenderness in the intercostal nerve area at the lower edge of the ribs. Herpes zoster causes multiple blisters to appear between the ribs and may fuse into sheets.

3. Digestive system diseases:

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is the reflux of gastric and duodenal secretions (gastric acid, pepsin, bile, pancreatic juice) into the esophagus, causing symptoms and tissue damage. The main symptoms are heartburn, heartburn, burning sensation behind the sternum, and chest pain, which is normally located in the chest and radiates to the shoulder and the inner side of the upper arm. It is very similar to angina-like chest pain, which is mainly due to the irritation of the esophageal mucosa by the reflux, causing esophageal inflammation and pain.