How to treat costal chondritis

If the patient presents with costochondritis, treatment is either conservative or surgical. If costochondritis is a first episode, or if it is relatively mild. This condition can be treated conservatively, that is, acupuncture, physiotherapy, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can be used to relieve symptoms. If necessary, glucocorticoids can be injected locally to block the obvious pain points to counter the aseptic inflammation of the costal cartilage, thus promoting the recovery of costal cartilage inflammation. If the patient has a long course of costochondritis, repeated attacks, and severe symptoms, affecting the patient's normal life and work, this situation should be considered for costal cartilage resection surgery to alleviate the patient's clinical symptoms.