There is a dull pain in the left side of my chest

Since many situations can cause chest pain, when we have chest pain, we must pay attention to whether there are other symptoms to determine what disease we have. Otherwise, it is difficult to determine what disease it is based on chest pain alone. In this case, if you cannot judge it yourself, you need to go to the hospital for examination and follow the doctor's arrangements. So, what should I do if I have intermittent dull pain in the left chest?

It is considered to be chest pain caused by blood stasis in the heart. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart governs blood. Internal cold or external cold caused by deficiency of heart yang leads to blood stasis, and pain occurs when blood is not flowing. Guidance: You can choose the Chinese patent medicine Xuefu Zhuyu Pills together with Yougui Pills for conditioning, which can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve arthritis. Do not eat spicy or cold foods during the medication period.

It is considered to be intercostal neuralgia caused by intercostal neuritis. Get some rest. Don't stay up late. Take a multivitamin tablet. Avoid spicy foods such as coffee. Keep observing and things will get better after a while.

Intercostal neuritis is a painful lump and tenderness over the costal cartilages. Also known as Tietze's disease. It is more common in people aged 20 to 40 years old, often at the junction of the 2nd or 3rd costal cartilage and the sternum, and occasionally at other ribs or sternoclavicular joints.

At present, Western medicine has no specific treatment for intercostal neuralgia caused by unknown reasons, and mostly uses symptomatic treatments such as painkillers, which can only temporarily relieve symptoms and cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

Most of the lesions are in one place. The cause may be related to viral infection or trauma. The course of the disease may last for several hours or days, but it may relapse and usually heal itself within a few months, but in some cases it may last for several years. Commonly used treatments include hot compresses, analgesics, local injections of prednisolone acetate, and sometimes oral administration of Virulin.