What causes left chest pain?

Some people find that they are experiencing some discomfort in their bodies in life and choose to buy some medicine to take by themselves, which poses a certain threat to their health. Pain in the left chest is quite common in life and there are many reasons for it. If you want to protect your health, you should learn more about this. Medication must be taken according to the symptoms and should not be taken randomly.

Don’t think that pain in the left chest means there is some big problem with your body. It may be caused by coughing, because coughing may have a certain impact on the pleura, which can also cause pain in the left chest. Everyone should pay attention to this.

1. Pleurisy with pain in the left chest.

If chest pain worsens when you take a deep breath or cough, it indicates pleural inflammation, which is more common in patients with tuberculosis or lung tumors. Patients with pleuritic pain may press their hands on one side of the chest wall, avoid deep breathing, or suppress coughing. Over time, chest pain may move from one location to another. In addition, if the lung tumor spreads to the chest wall or ribs, it will cause persistent, intractable chest pain, which can usually be diagnosed by a chest X-ray or chest CT scan.

2. Pneumothorax with pain in the left chest.

Some young people suddenly experienced chest pain when lifting heavy objects. X-ray examination revealed that it was "pneumothorax". This type of spontaneous pneumothorax is more common in young and middle-aged people. Typical symptoms include sudden chest pain, accompanied by chest tightness, shortness of breath, cough, and sometimes shortness of breath, a feeling of suffocation, irritability, cyanosis, sweating, shock, etc.

Nature and characteristics of chest pain:

3. Characteristics of chest pain

Chest pain caused by chest wall diseases is clearly localized and may be accompanied by redness, swelling, tenderness, rash, and deformity.

4. Nature of chest pain

The chest pain caused by intercostal neuritis is paroxysmal, stabbing pain. Esophagitis causes burning pain. Tearing pain is common in dissecting aneurysms.

5. Location of chest pain

Pain behind the sternum is common with angina pectoris. Left anterior chest pain can also be angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, or left-sided pneumonia. Chest pain radiating to the left shoulder is often angina pectoris.

The above is an explanation to everyone about what causes pain in the left chest. I believe that after reading it, you will have a clearer understanding of what is going on. If you experience pain in the left chest, it is recommended that you go to a regular hospital for a detailed examination in time, because after all, it is a problem related to the internal organs, so everyone should pay more attention to their physical condition.