Heart discomfort when emotional

Some people will find that their hearts are uncomfortable when they are sad, angry or happy. When their emotions fluctuate greatly, they will unconsciously experience symptoms such as palpitations, tachycardia, and chest tightness. If this happens, does it mean that there is a heart problem? The following article will introduce the reasons for these symptoms and how to deal with panic when you are emotionally excited. You can refer to it.

Causes of heart discomfort when you are emotionally excited

When people are emotionally excited, their blood flow speeds up, which triggers nerves and causes high blood pressure, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the heart. It is recommended to check whether there is heart disease

Symptoms such as chest tightness when emotionally excited

Chest tightness is often considered as "suffocation" in the heart. It is a subjective feeling of labored or breathless breathing. Those with mild symptoms will feel nothing serious, but those with severe symptoms will feel uncomfortable, as if a stone is pressing on their chest, and even have difficulty breathing. It may be a functional manifestation of the body's organs, or it may be one of the earliest symptoms of disease in the human body. The causes of chest tightness in people of different ages are different, and the treatments are also different.

1. Functional chest tightness (chest tightness without organic lesions)

People who stay for a long time in a room with closed doors and windows and poor air circulation, or who are in a climate with low air pressure, or who encounter some unpleasant things, or even have quarrels or disputes with others, often feel chest tightness and fatigue. After a short rest, opening the windows for ventilation or going outside to breathe fresh air, you can relax your mind and regulate your emotions, and you will soon be able to return to normal. This type of chest tightness can be said to be functional chest tightness. There is no need to worry or seek treatment.

2. Pathological chest tightness (chest tightness with organic lesions)

Chest tightness can not only be physiological, but also be caused by diseases in certain organs in the body, that is, pathological chest tightness. Such as respiratory obstruction - tumors in the trachea and bronchus, tracheal stenosis, external pressure on the trachea (thyroid enlargement, mediastinal tumor); lung disease - emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, atelectasis, pulmonary infarction, pneumothorax; heart disease - certain congenital heart diseases, rheumatic heart valve disease, coronary heart disease, heart tumors; diaphragmatic lesions - diaphragmatic bulging, diaphragmatic paralysis; fluid metabolism and acid-base balance disorders, etc.

Pathological chest tightness can occur suddenly or slowly. Most of the sudden occurrences are due to acute traumatic or spontaneous pneumothorax, acute asthma, acute foreign body in the trachea, acute heart attack, acute pulmonary infarction, etc. Chronic chest tightness is a condition in which symptoms gradually worsen as the disease progresses.

Emotionally excited, causing panic

The heart beats with changes in speed, rhythm and strength. Under normal circumstances, the nervous system regulates these changes based on the body's blood demand. However, when you exercise vigorously, become overly nervous, smoke heavily, drink alcohol, drink strong tea or coffee, or become emotionally excited, you will feel your heart beat faster and the strength of the heart beat increase. This is a physiological manifestation.

Only when disease causes changes in the speed, rhythm, and strength of the heartbeat, and the resulting symptoms of palpitations, is the condition pathological.

Common diseases that cause panic

Various heart diseases, such as coronary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease, myocarditis, etc., will cause changes such as increased heart beats or arrhythmias, which can cause palpitations.

In the early stages of various heart diseases, the heart beats faster, hypertrophy of the left and right ventricles gradually occurs, the contractility of the myocardium increases, the heart beats faster, and palpitations occur. Heart diseases such as tachycardia, bradycardia and arrhythmia can also cause symptoms of palpitations.

Anemia, high fever, hyperthyroidism, etc. can all cause palpitations.

Symptoms of palpitations may also occur when hypoglycemia, low blood pressure or shock are caused by various reasons, or as one of the symptoms of tuberculosis poisoning when suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis.

Menopausal syndrome is often characterized by palpitations.

When the autonomic nervous system functions are disordered, palpitations often occur, accompanied by symptoms of neurasthenia such as headache, dizziness, insomnia, fatigue, inattention, memory loss, irritability, anxiety, fear, etc. Sometimes there will be stabbing or dull pain in the precordial area, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing. Physical examination and other examinations show no obvious abnormalities. The onset of the disease is related to mental factors, and it occurs when one is emotionally excited. It is more common in young and middle-aged women.

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