Intercostal neuralgia is nerve pain that affects the area below your ribs and can be caused by several different conditions. People with intercostal neuralgia experience a lot of pain in their ribs, ...

Intercostal muscles are those that connect the rib cage and help hold the chest wall together. When you strain or pull one of these muscles, you may experience difficulty breathing or expanding the ...

DENVER, Colo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - One in 400 babies born today will have a deformity called pectus excavatum - or sunken chest. While most of the defects are improved before the baby turns one, some ...

What do you recommend to speed healing or to treat the pain of costochondritis (either idiopathic or injury-related)?—VICTORIA F. RHODES, Alliance, Ohio Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) ...

Nerve blocks are used for pain treatment and management. Often a group of nerves, called a plexus or ganglion, that causes pain to a specific organ or body region can be blocked with the injection of ...

A nerve block, or neural blockade, is a method of producing anesthesia — a loss of feeling used to prevent or control pain. Nerve blocks can be surgical or nonsurgical. Nonsurgical nerve blocks ...

A single-shot intercostal nerve block was noninferior to thoracic epidural analgesia for pain control in minimally invasive lung resection. Continuous paravertebral block came out inferior for pain ...

Intercostal neuralgia is nerve pain in the chest and upper trunk that radiates from the upper back. The pain comes from the intercostal nerves along the ribs, chest, or abdomen. It can feel like a ...

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Robert D. Glatter, MD: Hi. I'm Dr Robert Glatter, medical advisor for Medscape Emergency Medicine. Joining me today to discuss a novel way to treat pain related to conditions such as rib fractures and ...

Intercostal neuralgia is neuropathic pain involving the intercostal nerves. These are the nerves that arise from the spinal cord, below the ribs. Intercostal neuralgia tends to cause thoracic pain, ...

Intercostal neuralgia occurs when a person experiences neuropathic pain in their ribs, chest, or abdomen. It may feel like a sharp, stabbing, aching, or burning pain. Various conditions may cause ...