How is chest tightness and shortness of breath?

How is chest tightness and shortness of breath?

Generally speaking, chest tightness and shortness of breath is a subjective feeling of our human body, which often happens after people suddenly have heart problems. Therefore, in many cases, once there is chest tightness and shortness of breath, many people will naturally think of heart disease. Patients with chest tightness and shortness of breath often feel that their chests are particularly heavy, as if they are pinned down by stones, which may cause dyspnea in severe cases. Chest tightness and shortness of breath are sometimes the functional manifestations of human organs, and sometimes they may be one of the earliest symptoms of human diseases.

What causes chest tightness and shortness of breath?

Arrhythmia: the most common cause. Normal people's heartbeat rhythm is regular, and the frequency is suitable for physiological needs. Play slowly at rest and accelerate during exercise; Children play fast, but old people play slowly. The regular beating of the heart depends on the regular stimulation of weak electrical signals from its special tissue "sinoatrial node". If there is a problem in the generation and conduction of this electrical signal, the heartbeat will be too fast, too slow or irregular, which is arrhythmia.

Left heart failure: more common in hypertension, coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease and so on. The premonitory symptom is that you like to raise your pillow when you sleep, and you are often awakened by chest tightness and breathlessness. Sudden dyspnea at night is a typical symptom of left heart failure.

Respiratory diseases: when suffering from chronic respiratory diseases, alveoli usually increase, elasticity decreases, and lung function is impaired, which is common in chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, bronchial wheezing, tuberculosis and so on. , manifested as dyspnea. A little activity will aggravate cough, and sputum is not easy to cough up, so it should be treated as soon as possible.

Pulmonary embolism: more common in valvular heart disease, such as dyspnea, chest pain, cough and other symptoms, need to be vigilant. When the coronary artery of coronary heart disease is short of blood supply, the elderly often feel a sense of oppression in the chest, so it is best to do ECG examination in time.

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