Intercostal neuralgia

Intercostal neuralgia is a group of symptoms that refers to the damage of the thoracic nerve root (ie, intercostal nerve) due to different reasons, such as: thoracic spine degeneration, thoracic spinal tuberculosis, thoracic spinal injury, thoracic spinal meningitis, tumors, ankylosing spondylitis, etc. Diseases or rib, mediastinal, and pleural lesions. The intercostal nerves are oppressed and stimulated by the above diseases, and there is an inflammatory response. Syndromes with band-like pain in the intercostal or abdominal regions of the chest appear.

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