When pain occurs in the right side of the chest, a person tries to understand what caused this symptom and how to cope with such a nuisance. Indeed, in this area of the body or near it there are ribs, esophagus, muscles, lungs, heart and other important organs. The problem that arose in each of them can provoke pain.
The main factors causing an unpleasant symptom
If the right side of the
chest hurts
, the cause of this may be diseases of the cardiovascular system. Especially this pathology applies to people in old age. Often, pain is the result of deviations that occur in the digestive or respiratory system, injuries, excessive muscle tension or common colds.
The most common disease with a similar symptom is angina pectoris. In general, the factors that trigger the occurrence of chest pain on the right can be divided into conditional categories:
- injuries, sprains and damage;
- infections and colds;
- diseases of the digestive system;
- pathology of the respiratory system;
- deviations in the cardiovascular system;
- psychological disorders.
Let us consider in more detail some cases.
Hepatitis
Liver disease has more than one form and is indicated, depending on the symptoms, as A, B, C, D. In case of an ailment, pain cramps appear in the upper quadrant on the right side. They arise due to stretching of the hepatic membrane due to its increase. This can be either a prolonged dull pain in the chest, or sharp and so intense that it can be felt in the shoulder blade or shoulder.
Lung pathology
Often this is the process of the inflammatory nature of the pleura - the membrane that lines the chest cavity from the inside and covers the lungs. Severe pain in the right side of the chest appears in the case of air penetrating into the pleural cavity. This usually happens due to the development of infectious diseases of the lungs, for example, due to tuberculosis. In such cases, the pain manifests itself acutely, in the form of seizures, and is often accompanied by shortness of breath. With a similar development of pathology, you should contact a pulmonologist or therapist.
Thoracic sciatica
The disease is associated with damage or irritation of the root,
which forms a nerve between the ribs. Thoracic sciatica is rarely a cause of pain in the right side of the
chest. A favorable condition for the occurrence of a symptom is trauma, excessive physical exertion, hypothermia.
Breast radiculitis is manifested in the form of pains covering the spine and chest to the right (or left). Sensations are sharp, one-sided. In this case, seek medical help from a neurosurgeon or neurologist.
Intercostal neuralgia
Often the disease develops as a result of herpetic ganglioneuritis (the popular name is shingles). Neuralgia between the ribs appears as follows - affecting the nerve nodules, the virus causes severe pain in the right side of the chest.
In the case of shingles, the sensations are much sharper, more burning and can arise from the slightest touch on the skin. The disease requires treatment with painkillers, sometimes even novocaine blockade. Such a problem needs to be addressed to a neurologist.