肋间神精痛的治法（The treatment of pain of intercostal nerve）.docVIP

肋间神精痛的治法（The treatment of pain of intercostal nerve） Intercostal neuralgia or intercostal neuritis, is a group of symptoms, the thoracic nerve root (i.e. intercostal nerve) due to different causes of damage, such as: thoracic degeneration, thoracic tuberculosis and thoracic injury, thoracic dural inflammation, tumor, diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis or ribs, mediastinum and thoracic membrane lesions by intercostal nerve the disease produces oppression, stimulation, appeared inflammatory reaction and syndrome with chest pain or abdominal intercostal strip. Intercostal neuralgia is a recurrent pain occurring in one or more intercostal areas and is more aggressive. Primary intercostal neuralgia is rare. Secondary infection is associated with viral infection, toxin stimulation, mechanical damage and foreign body compression. The nature of pain is tingling or burning, and along the intercostal nerve distribution. [edit this paragraph] symptoms Intercostal neuralgia consists of secondary and primary disease by two, thoracic degeneration, thoracic tuberculosis, thoracic injury, thoracic epidural tumors, arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and intercostal neuralgia secondary root; intercostal neuralgia rib, mediastinum or pleural lesions secondary to dry. Primary intercostal neuralgia is rare. When the intercostal nerve pain occurs, the pain can be seen from the back, along the corresponding rib space, half annular, and the pain is stinging or burning pain. Severe pain when coughing, deep breathing or sneezing. A nerve that causes pain on one side. The examination found that the thoracic spinous process and intercostal space there was tenderness; typical radicular intercostal neuralgia patients with neck flexion test was positive; distribution of involved nerve hypoesthesia or hyperesthesia often nerve function damage. [Edit] [treatment] and Prevention The primary lesion should be defined and appropriate treatment should be adopted. Drugs, physical therapy, acupuncture