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Pain in the chest
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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[What causes pain in the chest?
One of the causes of pain in the chest, can be mastalgia, or mastodynia. Most often this type of pain is worried by women at a young age, but they can also make themselves felt in the postmenopausal period. Sometimes pain can last for the entire period of menstruation, be cyclic or non-cyclic. The main symptoms of the disease are engorgement and soreness of the mammary glands, their weighting, compactness. Such signs can also indicate the development of mastopathy - a cystic fibrous disease of the mammary glands.
Mastopathy
Causes of mastopathy:
- Abortion.
- Inflammatory diseases of the genital organs.
- Violations in the functioning of the endocrine system of the body.
- Neuroses and stresses.
- Lack of lactation after childbirth.
- Late first birth.
Diagnosis of the disease includes mammary palpation, ultrasound, mammography, cytology. Women are also encouraged to periodically perform breast self-examination.
Treatment
When mastopathy shows the drug mastodinone (thirty drops or one tablet twice a day, a minimum of three months), mulim (sublingually 15-20 drops from three to five times a day), vitokan (30 drops three times a day for half an hour before meals, 1 month), iodine preparations (iodomarine), vitamins A and E (aevit), vitamin C, phytotea "Mastofit", sedatives, synthetic analogues of the hormone progesterone. All medications can only be used as prescribed by your doctor. When mastopathy can not sunbathe, go to the sauna and sauna.
Mastitis
Pain is sometimes associated with inflammation of the breast, accompanied by swelling, an increase in regional lymph nodes, local redness of the skin, and temperature. For treatment appoint antibiotics, topically use the gel traumel with.
Breast Injury
Pain in the chest area is not often associated with injuries of the mammary glands, ribs or chest. Any trauma requires immediate contact with a doctor and a detailed examination.
Titze Syndrome
In Titze syndrome, the rib cartilage is hypertrophied and curved. Painful sensations are localized in the xiphoid process, they can radiate along the ribs, the shoulder, arm, chest area. Characteristic is also the appearance of sharp or gradually intensifying pain in the upper part of the chest, more often on the one hand. The rib cartilage becomes swollen and compacted. Sometimes the cause of such a pathology can be trauma. As treatment, analgesic preparations are shown, heat to the affected area, local novocain blockades, hydrocortisone injections.
Intercostal neuralgia
The next cause, causing pain in the chest, is intercostal neuralgia. Such a pathology is characterized by the appearance of pain sensations as a result of compression and irritation of the intercostal nerves. Provoke an attack can prolonged hypothermia, acute respiratory viral infections, intoxication, stress, injury, physical overload. In most cases, the pain becomes stronger if the patient takes a deep breath, coughs, sneezes or talks loudly, painful sensations are given to the shoulder, shoulder blade or arm, accompanied by tingling or burning. Treatment of the disease consists in using methods of acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, vacuum therapy. From medicines prescribe vitamin B and non-steroid agents (creams, gels, ointments, tablets, injections) - diclofenac, piroxicam, indomethacin, ketaprofen,
Osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine provokes pain in the chest area, as well as between the shoulder blades. When moving, the pain usually becomes stronger, sometimes there is difficulty breathing. For diagnosis, X-rays are prescribed, the treatment consists of methods of physiotherapy - treatment with banks, acupuncture, laser therapy, magnetopuncture, etc.
Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)
Pain in the chest with pneumonia is accompanied by high fever, a cough with sputum with purulent masses, shortness of breath, general weakness, increased sweating. Symptoms can differentiate depending on the form and type of the disease. The disease quickly progresses, requires urgent help from a doctor. The main treatment is to prescribe antibacterial therapy. Expectorants, chest massage, and therapeutic breathing exercises are also prescribed.
Pain in the chest area, depending on the nature of the disease and accompanying signs, may indicate different pathologies and require consultation of specialists such as a neuropathologist, pulmonologist or mammologist.