What can cause pain in the diaphragm area?
Last reviewed Tue 29 May 2018
By Jayne Leonard
Reviewed by Saurabh (Seth) Sethi, MD MPH
The diaphragm, or thoracic diaphragm, is a dome-shaped sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. It is the primary muscle that the body uses when breathing.
The diaphragm moves downward so the lungs can fill with air during inhalation. It then moves upward again during an exhalation, causing the lungs to empty.
People may sometimes feel pain or discomfort in their diaphragm, although in some cases it is possible that the pain is coming from a different, nearby body part.
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