Chest pain with difficulty breathing

Introduction Chest pain caused by lobar pneumonia, spontaneous pneumothorax, exudative pleurisy, hyperventilation syndrome, etc. is often accompanied by difficulty breathing.

Cause

Chest pain with the cause of dyspnea

Lobar pneumonia, spontaneous pneumothorax, exudative pleurisy, hyperventilation syndrome, etc.

an examination

Related inspection

Chest flat chest chest B-pressure chest test chest MRI chest CT examination

Diagnosis of chest pain with dyspnea

Chest pain, chest tightness, difficulty breathing, coughing, etc.

Differential diagnosis

Identification of chest pain with dyspnea:

(1) Chest pain with cough: Chest pain caused by tracheal, bronchial, and pleural diseases is often accompanied by cough.

(2) chest pain with dysphagia: seen in esophageal diseases, such as esophagitis, esophageal hiatal hernia, chest pain caused by esophageal tumors.

(3) chest pain with hemoptysis: tuberculosis, pulmonary infarction, bronchiectasis, chest pain of primary lung cancer often accompanied by hemoptysis.

(4) chest pain with chest tightness, palpitations: chest pain accompanied by chest tightness, palpitations, at the same time or before, there are fever, body aches, sore throat, diarrhea and other symptoms, can be seen in acute myocarditis.

(5) chest pain with cold sweat, pale, chest pain, severe pain in the precordial area, accompanied by blood pressure drop, pale, cold sweat, cold limbs and other shock symptoms: can be seen in myocardial infarction.

(6) chest pain with fever: chest pain with fever, cough, accompanied by the corresponding chest signs, can be seen in lobar pneumonia, tuberculous pleurisy, empyema and so on. Chest pain, pain in the precordial area, accompanied by fever, cold sweat and fatigue, difficulty breathing and cough, can be seen in pericarditis.

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