What is intercostal neuralgia

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Some people always feel their regular lumbar pain, but they don't know the cause of their pain. Appear lumbar pain or cough when both sides also ache, this should cause attention, is likely to be intercostal neuralgia. Let's talk about intercostal neuralgia.

What is intercostal neuralgia

First, intercostal neuralgia is a subjective symptom. Intercostal nerves from the thoracic spinal cord to both sides, through the intercostal to the anterior chest wall, innervate the muscle branches of the corresponding thoracic paravertebral back and chest wall, and the sensory branches along the intercostal. Therefore, intercostal neuralgia is from the chest back along the intercostal syncline downward to the midline of the anterior wall of chest and abdomen.

Second: thoracic intervertebral disc degeneration and protrusion, joint capsule and ligament thickening and ossification often lead to nerve channel stenosis deformation, can cause intercostal nerve inflammation, pain. As well as thoracolumbar or spinal cord tumor, spinal cord or thoracolumbar spinal cord dislocation, spinal cord or spinal cord injury.

Third: herpes zoster intercostal neuralgia often severe pain. Intercostal neuralgia refers to one or several intercostal parts radiating from the back along the intercostal to the anterior wall of chest and abdomen, showing a semicircular distribution. Most of them are unilateral or bilateral. Coughing, deep breathing or sneezing often aggravate the pain. Physical examination may have thoracic spinous process, interspinous process or paravertebral tenderness and percussion pain, a few patients have tenderness along the intercostal, affected nerve innervation area may have sensory abnormalities.

matters needing attention

Intercostal neuralgia classification also has several kinds, when we appear intercostal neuralgia precursor, we must go to the hospital to get timely treatment. Some people always say that they can bear the pain without spending money. This idea is wrong. Remember that the more serious the illness is, the more money will be spent.