Causes of chest tightness, shortness of breath, chest pain

I don’t know if you have ever encountered such a situation. When you sit in front of the computer for a long time or are physically tired, you will suddenly feel chest tightness, obvious shortness of breath and chest pain. I believe that many of my friends have experienced such symptoms. What are the causes of such symptoms? Is this symptom caused by a disease? Today I will give you a brief introduction.

Chest tightness and shortness of breath are symptoms of subjective feeling of difficulty breathing.

Chest tightness caused by organic reasons:

One is cardiac chest tightness: chest tightness and dyspnea after fatigue, or paroxysmal dyspnea at night. Patients may wake up from sleep due to suffocation. It is seen in patients with heart disease with pulmonary congestion and heart failure. Chest tightness can also be a manifestation of angina pectoris when myocardial ischemia occurs in coronary heart disease. Younger people should pay attention to the possibility of myocarditis.

The second is pulmonary chest tightness: seen in bronchial asthma, pleural effusion, spontaneous pneumothorax, pulmonary fibrosis, etc.

Chest tightness caused by neurological functional reasons:

Common in cardiovascular dysfunction. Patients feel chest tightness and shortness of breath, and subjectively feel that there is not enough air and breathing difficulties. They often breathe like sighs and feel comfortable after exhaling a long breath. Sometimes they are also accompanied by palpitations, stabbing pain in the precordial area, as well as neurological symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, confusion, panic, anxiety, sweating, and insomnia. Most of the patients suffer from this disease, and its characteristic is that the symptoms are numerous and changeable, which are similar to coronary heart disease and angina pectoris, but no organic lesions are found in electrocardiogram, cardiac B-ultrasound and other examinations.

In addition, organic chest tightness often occurs after exercise or fatigue, while functional chest tightness often occurs during rest; organic chest tightness can be significantly improved after sitting up, while functional chest tightness often does not change due to changes in body position.

If you also experience symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, and chest pain, don't worry too much. It may be that your body is too tired. Generally, there will be no big problem if you take a rest in time. However, if such symptoms recur for a long time, or are very severe when they occur, you should consider whether there is a problem with your body's organs and go to the hospital for a check-up in time.