What's wrong with chest discomfort and tightness?

Some people may inadvertently feel discomfort in their chest and often feel chest tightness. Some people may even feel short of breath. This may be caused by lesions in certain organs in the body or an imbalance in the internal environment. You can drink more water and try to adjust your eating habits and time. Take a look at what's going on with the discomfort and tightness in the front chest?

The main consideration is indigestion, which may be caused by improper diet and cannot be detected by gastroscopy. It is recommended to take metoclopramide tablets and stomachic and digestive tablets, eat regularly, eat at regular times, do not eat too much at one time, and develop good eating and living habits. It is considered to be indigestion, which may be caused by improper diet and cannot be detected by gastroscopy. It is recommended to take metoclopramide tablets and stomachic and digestive tablets, eat regularly, eat at regular times, do not eat too much at one time, and develop good eating and living habits.

Chest tightness is a subjective feeling of difficulty breathing or not having enough air. Those with mild symptoms will feel nothing serious, but those with severe symptoms will feel uncomfortable, as if a stone is pressing on their chest, and even have difficulty breathing. It may be a functional manifestation of the body's organs, or it may be one of the earliest symptoms of disease in the human body. different

People of different ages experience chest tightness with different causes, treatments, and consequences.

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 in certain organs in the body, i.e. pathological chest tightness. like:

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, bronchitis, asthma, atelectasis, pulmonary infarction, pneumothorax;

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

4. Diaphragmatic diseases: diaphragmatic swelling 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 is mostly caused by congenital heart disease or mediastinal tumors; chest tightness in young people is mostly caused by spontaneous pneumothorax, mediastinal tumors, or rheumatic heart valvular disease; chest tightness in the elderly is mostly caused by 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 pulmonary function tests so that the clinician can further confirm the diagnosis.