Chest pain may be costochondritis?

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How does costal cartilage inflammation judge? Costochondritis, also known as Taizi's disease, is a nonspecific inflammatory lesion of costochondral. The etiology is unknown, because most patients have a history of upper respiratory tract infection, it was thought that the disease may be related to viral infection. Some people think that the slow damage of the ligaments of the Sternocostal joint is the main cause of the disease. Costochondritis occurs mostly in adults and in women. The pathological manifestation of costochondritis was only cartilage arrangement hyperplasia and perichondral fiber thickening, and the arrangement and structure of costochondral itself had no significant change. Let's take a look at the following.

Chest pain may be costochondritis?

First: the occurrence of this disease is mainly related to strain or trauma. I am carrying heavy objects, making rapid changes or kneading my breast, which may cause acute damage to the articular cartilage of the thoracic rib, or virus infection caused by slow strain or cold, which may lead to edema of the articular cartilage of the thoracic rib.

Second: costochondritis should be differentiated from costochondritis. Osteomyelitis is usually bacterial infection, pharyngitis, otitis media, etc., with signs of suppuration, fever, severe pain, etc. Women need to be distinguished from lobular hyperplasia. Some people mistakenly believe that it is because of hyperplasia of mammary glands.

Third: if the costal cartilage is swollen and arched, accompanied by significant tenderness. But no part of the red, swelling, heat, pain and other inflammatory manifestations. If it is serious, the patient may cough, which will lead to the aggravation of upper limb movement. Moreover, costochondritis mainly occurred in the 2-4 costal cartilages on one side.

matters needing attention

Costochondritis mostly occurs in adults, especially in women, and also in the elderly. Infectious costochondritis, also known as suppurative costochondritis, is a rare surgical infection. So we need to know more about the etiology and symptoms and how to distinguish, in order to facilitate detection.