What is chest tightness and shortness of breath? How to avoid chest tightness and shortness of breath?

People often experience symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath, which are usually caused by illness and mood. The most obvious feeling is that my body feels like it's being pressed down by a stone and I can't breathe smoothly. So what causes chest tightness and shortness of breath? How to avoid chest tightness and shortness of breath?

1) Functional chest tightness (i.e. chest tightness without organic disease): Staying in a room with closed doors and windows and poor air circulation for a long time, or encountering some unpleasant things, or even having quarrels or disputes with others, or being in a climate with low air pressure, often causes feelings of chest tightness and fatigue. After a short rest, opening windows for ventilation or going outside to breathe fresh air, relaxing your mind and regulating your emotions, you will soon return to normal. This type of chest tightness can be said to be functional chest tightness, and there is no need to worry or seek treatment.

2) Pathological chest tightness (i.e. chest tightness caused by organic lesions): Chest tightness can not only be physiological, but can also be caused by diseases of certain organs in the body, i.e. pathological chest tightness.

For example: 1. Respiratory tract obstruction: tumors growing in the trachea and bronchi, tracheal stenosis, external pressure on the trachea (enlarged thyroid gland, tumors growing in the mediastinum).

2. Lung diseases: emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, atelectasis, pulmonary infarction, and pneumothorax.

3. Heart disease: certain congenital heart diseases, rheumatic valvular heart disease, coronary heart disease, and heart tumors.

4. Diaphragmatic diseases: diaphragmatic expansion and diaphragmatic paralysis.

5. Disturbance of fluid metabolism and acid-base balance, 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.

Chest tightness in children mostly indicates congenital heart disease or mediastinal tumors; chest tightness in young people mostly indicates spontaneous pneumothorax, mediastinal tumors, or rheumatic heart valvular disease; chest tightness in the elderly mostly indicates emphysema, coronary heart disease, etc. In short, chest tightness must be taken seriously to avoid delaying necessary treatment. You should go to the hospital for chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, blood biochemistry and lung function test so that the clinician can further confirm the diagnosis.

Causes

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

It means that if you stay in a room with closed doors and windows and poor air circulation for a long time, or encounter some unpleasant things, or even have a quarrel or dispute with others, or are in a climate with low air pressure, you will often feel chest tightness and fatigue.

Cardiac neurosis

It is a kind of systemic neurosis with various symptoms. The most common subjective symptoms are palpitations, dyspnea, precordial pain and general fatigue. There are also manifestations such as irritability, insomnia, sweating, trembling, dizziness and nightmares.

Methods Negative air ions can enhance the activity of lysozyme and interferon in the respiratory tract and enhance the bactericidal and disinfecting effects. Experiments have shown that inhaling negative ions with therapeutic concentrations can improve the function of the lining and ventilation, increase intracellular oxygen supply, and after 30 minutes, non-absorbed oxygen increased by 20% and carbon dioxide elimination increased by 14.5%, thereby enhancing the body's disease resistance and protecting susceptible populations.

1. Functional chest tightness: Staying in a poorly ventilated room for a long time, encountering some unpleasant things, or even having quarrels or disputes with others, or being in a climate with low air pressure will often cause feelings of chest tightness and fatigue. After a short rest, opening windows for ventilation or going outside to breathe fresh air, relaxing your mind and regulating your emotions, you will soon return to normal. Chest tightness like this may be functional.

2. Pathological chest tightness: Pathological chest tightness is caused by diseases in certain organs in the body.

For example: 1. Respiratory obstruction: tumors in the trachea and bronchus, tracheal stenosis, and external pressure on the trachea (thyroid enlargement, tumors in the mediastinum);

2. Lung diseases: emphysema, asthma, atelectasis, pulmonary infarction, pneumothorax;

3. Heart disease: certain congenital heart diseases, rheumatic heart valve disease, coronary heart disease;

4. Diaphragmatic diseases: diaphragmatic swelling and diaphragmatic paralysis;

5. Disturbance of fluid metabolism and acid-base balance, etc.