Sometimes your chest feels tingling or jittery. If you have these symptoms, you may have a serious problem with your heart or lungs. However, experts say that chest pain is unconditional because of serious illnesses such as heart disease or lung cancer. Learn about the various causes of chest pain.
◇ Chest pain due to heart disease
Chest pain, caused by a heart problem, is most often a pain duration of 1 to 3 minutes, and not more than 5 minutes. The sore spot is usually near the bone in the center of the chest, and pain often spreads to the left shoulder. In a few seconds, it is rare to have a heart disease when you get sick for only a very short time and you are able to pinch your pain. Chest pain caused by heart disease, such as angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, is a painful area, usually grasping the chest with the palm of the hand, often feeling stiff, tingling, or tightening around the chest.
Chest pain due to osteochonditis
Rib osteoarthritis is inflammation of the area where the bones and ribs meet in the center of the chest, causing pain, like a needle stabbing in the chest. Occurs when the cartilage that connects the ribs and breastbone is inflamed. Take a deep breath and your chest hurts, and whenever you move your upper body, you’ll hear pain and a ‘beep’. It is different from the pain caused by heart disease in that the pain is felt severely when you press the finger where the pain occurs. Chest pain caused by osteochonditis may be caused by excessive exercise such as fitness or swimming.
◇ Chest pain due to digestive system diseases
Chest pain can also be caused by diseases of the digestive system, such as GERD or cholelithiasis. Chest pain is common in gastroesophageal reflux disease so that 50% of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease are reported to have chest pain. When gastroesophageal reflux disease occurs, chest pain after drinking alcohol or coffee is aggravated, and antacids improve symptoms. In the case of cholelithiasis, the right lower chest hurts and the pain is radiated with the right arm, but when the stomach is inflated, the gallbladder reaches the abdomen, the pain becomes severe, and the stomach is inflated.
◇ Chest pain due to psychological causes
Psychological causes such as stress, anxiety, and depression can also cause chest pain. At this time, the pain is not a certain characteristic in time or appearance, and even X-ray or endoscopy does not show any abnormalities. Your chest may be stuffy and you may be choking. Psychological causes of pain in the heart most of the heart or lungs tell you that you are not sick, you can see the effect of pain over time.
