I suddenly can't breathe and feel like I'm suffocating. What's going on?

If you suddenly feel short of breath, you should pay attention to it, as it is a symptom of chest tightness and shortness of breath. If suffocation occurs, the harm is relatively large and you will feel it is difficult to breathe. There are many reasons for this situation, which are often related to some cardiovascular diseases and some lung function. At this time, you should check in time to understand the specific reasons, and then treat the symptoms, especially to prevent some more serious cardiovascular diseases.

I suddenly can't breathe and feel like I'm suffocating. What's going on?

There are two causes of chest tightness and shortness of breath. One is functional chest tightness and shortness of breath, and the other is caused by cardiac neurosis. Functional chest tightness refers to the feeling of chest tightness and fatigue that often occurs when staying in a room with closed doors and windows and poor air circulation for a long time, encountering certain unpleasant things, or even having quarrels or disputes with others, or being in a climate with low air pressure. Cardiac neurosis is a type of systemic neurosis, and its symptoms are varied. The most common symptoms are palpitations, dyspnea, precordial pain and general fatigue, as well as irritability, insomnia, sweating, trembling, dizziness, and nightmares.

What to do if you suddenly can't breathe

"Chest tightness" can be mild or severe. It can be caused by minor general illnesses such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and respiratory tract infection; or severe and potentially fatal illnesses such as myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, pneumothorax, and upper gastrointestinal tract rupture. The diagnosis of these diseases can be preliminarily differentiated after a detailed medical history, but the final diagnosis still requires the help of Western medical examinations, so extreme caution must be exercised in clinical practice. The anatomical structure of the entire chest cavity includes three major parts: the first part is the cardiovascular system, including the heart and active vascular system; the second part is the trachea, bronchi, and lungs of the respiratory system; the third part is the esophagus and stomach of the gastrointestinal system. If the chest tightness attacks are often aggravated during activities, climbing stairs, and straining to defecate, and are accompanied by a feeling of pressure, chest pain, wheezing, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, and cold sweats, and the symptoms are relieved after rest, it is often related to cardiovascular system diseases. If chest tightness is accompanied by symptoms of cold and respiratory infection, such as cough, yellow sputum, chest pain, fever, wheezing, etc., it is mostly a respiratory system problem.