How to treat costal chondritis?

(1) Symptomatic treatment, when the symptoms are serious, you can take a proper rest and reduce the activities of upper limbs and chest. Local physical therapy, hot compress, application of anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic drugs.

(2) If the pain is obvious and the symptomatic treatment is not good, compound betamethasone injection and lidocaine can be used for local blocking, which has good detumescence and analgesic effect.

(3) Traditional Chinese medicines for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can also be taken orally, and dog skin ointment and analgesic ointment can be applied externally.

(4) For a small number of patients with severe local pain, the above-mentioned treatments are ineffective, which seriously affects the life and work of patients and causes a certain mental burden, or they are suspected of having malignant tumors, surgical resection can be considered. After resection of the diseased costal cartilage, the local pain can be alleviated or even disappeared.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: it is considered that this disease belongs to the category of chest pain and hypochondriac pain, and its pathogenesis is emotional disorder, liver depression and qi stagnation, wind and evil invasion, meridian obstruction, qi deficiency and blood stasis. Treatment methods include soothing the liver and relieving depression, invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling and removing blood stasis, and relieving pain, such as Chaihu Shugan Powder, Fuyuan Huoxue Decoction and Buyanghuanwu Decoction. Traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture can relieve pain, but the cure rate is low.

disease prevention

(1) Always open the window for ventilation, keep the indoor air fresh, take part in more sports activities and enhance your own resistance. The weather turns cold to avoid catching a cold.

(2) Keep warm at ordinary times to prevent colds. Don't take off your clothes immediately when you sweat, so as not to catch cold in the wind.

(3) Clothes should be soft and dry, so as to avoid being affected with damp.

(4) Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and don't be too tired.

(5) Pay attention to improving the awareness of protection at work, carry heavy objects in a correct posture, and don't use too much force to avoid damaging the costal cartilage and ligaments.