Causes of palpitations, chest tightness and shortness of breath

Symptoms such as palpitations, chest tightness and shortness of breath may occur because the environment we live in is too stuffy, or it may be caused by hypoglycemia. For diseases such as palpitations, chest tightness and shortness of breath, we recommend that patients control their emotions in life and go out more often to breathe fresh air. This will help us relieve palpitations, chest tightness and shortness of breath.

In medicine, panic is also called heart palpitations. Palpitations are strong, rapid, irregular heartbeats. It is normal to have palpitations for a few minutes after intense exercise and there is no need to worry. Smoking, drinking too much coffee or tea, stimulating the heart with caffeine or nicotine, and mental stress can all cause palpitations. If the palpitations persist for many days and are not caused by the reasons mentioned above or the influence of exercise or emotions, and if there is difficulty breathing or other symptoms, you should see a doctor.

Chest tightness and shortness of breath is a feeling of chest tightness and difficulty breathing. Mild cases may be neurotic, that is, caused by the loss of regulation of heart and lung functions, and there is no obvious organic lesion diagnosed by Western medicine; severe cases are caused by diseases of the heart and lungs, which may be caused by coronary heart disease, myocardial insufficiency, or chronic bronchitis, emphysema, cor pulmonale, etc., and there is obvious organic lesion diagnosed by Western medicine.

For internal medicine physicians, "chest tightness and shortness of breath" can be mild or severe, ranging from minor general illnesses such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and respiratory tract infection to 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 most common is idiopathic functional hypoglycemia, which is more common in middle-aged women. It is characterized by no clear cause of the disease, and fasting blood sugar is usually normal. It generally does not cause hypoglycemia when fasting, and the attack time is usually 2 to 4 hours after a meal (11 am or 3 pm). The symptoms are mild and loss of consciousness is rare. The early symptoms of hypoglycemia include palpitations, fatigue, hunger, hand tremors, cold sweats, pale complexion, cold limbs, or nausea and vomiting; they are mainly caused by overexcitement of the sympathetic nerves and excessive adrenaline.

I hope patients can remember the causes of palpitations, chest tightness and shortness of breath introduced above, so that you can analyze the causes of your own illness. If your palpitations, chest tightness and shortness of breath are caused by hypoglycemia, we recommend that patients should eat more carbohydrates to stabilize their blood sugar balance.