Male chest congestion

Regardless of whether we are men or women, we all experience chest tightness at times. If you are studying medicine, you will know that there are many reasons that cause chest congestion. I even know that chest tightness is just a feeling, not a physical symptom. If it is a symptom like pain, we may still pay attention to it, but what is the cause of chest congestion? Today we will look at the causes of chest congestion in men.

What's wrong with chest congestion?

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. What to do if you have chest congestion

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 means that the 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.

If you feel chest congestion, be careful of serious illness

Arrhythmia: the most common cause. A normal person's heartbeat rhythm is regular and the frequency is suitable for physiological needs. The heart beats slower when resting and faster when exercising; children beat faster and the elderly beat slower. The regular beating of the heart relies on the regular stimulation of weak electrical signals emitted by its special tissue, the "sinoatrial node". If there is a problem with the generation and conduction of this electrical signal, the heartbeat will be too fast, too slow or irregular, which is called arrhythmia.

What to do if you have chest congestion

Left heart failure: more common in hypertension, coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease, etc. The precursor symptoms are that the patient likes to raise his pillow when sleeping and is often awakened by chest tightness and shortness of breath. Sudden onset of nocturnal dyspnea is a typical symptom of left heart failure.

Respiratory diseases: Chronic respiratory diseases usually cause alveolar enlargement, decreased elasticity, and impaired lung function. These diseases are common in chronic tracheitis, bronchiectasis, bronchial asthma, and tuberculosis. They manifest as difficulty breathing, and coughing is aggravated by the slightest activity. Sputum is difficult to cough up, so treatment should be sought early.

Pulmonary embolism: It is more common in heart valve disease. If you experience symptoms such as difficulty breathing, chest pain, and cough, you need to be alert. When coronary artery blood supply is incomplete due to coronary heart disease, the elderly often feel chest tightness, and it is best to do an electrocardiogram in time.

Lung cancer, advanced tuberculosis, silicosis, bronchial asthma, etc. all have symptoms of shortness of breath.