What causes headache and chest tightness after catching a cold?

Colds are very common diseases. For mild colds, just pay more attention to rest and take some medicine and you will get better in a few days. However, a cold accompanied by headache and chest tightness can cause sudden death. Why is this happening? In fact, this is caused by myocarditis. The symptoms of the common cold and myocarditis are very similar. If one fails to distinguish between the two symptoms and delays the best treatment period, it will lead to sudden death of the patient.

The common cold is usually accompanied by symptoms such as nasal congestion and sore throat, but if you also feel headache, chest tightness, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc., you should be more careful, as it may be a signal of myocarditis.

The incidence of myocarditis is relatively high. Generally, after a viral infection, about 5% of patients may develop myocarditis. A general hospital may encounter more than ten to twenty cases each year, and the patients are all young people, some under 20 years old.

According to statistics, among patients with viral myocarditis, 75%-80% are under 40 years old, with the majority being 20-30 years old. Young people's resistance and physical fitness are obviously higher than those of middle-aged and elderly people. Why are they more likely to be infected?

It is precisely because young people have strong immunity that their immune response will be more violent when encountering a virus, and the probability of developing myocarditis after a cold will increase. Viral myocarditis can cause a decrease in myocardial contractility and cardiac function, and in severe cases can cause malignant arrhythmias and even sudden death.

Therefore, young people should never joke about their youth. They should not overdraw their physical strength. If they get too little rest and are too tired, they will easily catch a cold. More importantly, after being attacked by the cold virus, if you continue to be nervous, overworked, engage in heavy physical labor and strenuous exercise, drink alcohol, etc., you are more likely to develop or aggravate viral myocarditis.