Shortness of breath

Introduction Chest tightness and shortness of breath are subjective feelings, that is, breathing is difficult or not enough. If the light person has nothing to do, the heavy one feels uncomfortable. It seems that the stone is pressed against the chest, and even breathing difficulties occur and cause chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Cause

There are two reasons for chest tightness and shortness of breath. One is functional chest tightness and shortness of breath, and the other is caused by cardiac neurosis.

Functional chest tightness

It means staying in a room with closed doors and windows and no air circulation, or encountering some unpleasant things, even having a squabble, a dispute with others, or a climate with low air pressure, often causing chest tightness and fatigue. feel;

Cardiac neurosis

It is a kind of systemic neurosis. Its symptoms are various. The most common symptoms are palpitations, poor breathing, pain in the precordial area and general malaise. It is also prone to excitement, insomnia, sweating and trembling. , dizziness, dreams and other performances.

an examination

Related inspection

ECG blood pressure

1, ECG examination.

2, blood pressure.

3, blood oxygen saturation.

Differential diagnosis

Coronary ischemia, chest tightness first

A good group of people: middle-aged and elderly people, there is a trend of rejuvenation.

Most patients with acute myocardial infarction will have aura before the onset of illness. When you feel chest tightness, pain in the back of the chest, and sometimes radiation to the left shoulder and back, you must consider whether you have angina and go to the hospital for treatment.

Myocardial involvement, chest tightness

A good crowd: children and young adults.

Viral myocarditis is caused by cold viruses, which occur in children and young adults. The symptoms of colds are often used as a precursor to cold symptoms such as aversion to cold, body aches, sore throat, cough or vomiting. Patients with chest tightness, palpitation, shortness of breath, discomfort in the precordial area, etc. should be noticed in about 2 weeks. Because the onset of viral myocarditis is insidious, it is easy for people to misunderstand that the cold has not been completely cured and mistreated. When the myocardial involvement is obvious, the child often complains of precordial discomfort, chest tightness, palpitations, dizziness and fatigue. Cardiac shock can occur suddenly in critically ill patients, manifested as irritability, gray complexion, cold and wet limbs and cyanosis, which can occur in a short time.

Anxiety, chest tightness, shortness of breath

A good crowd: young and middle-aged people, more women than men.

The incidence of anxiety in the general population is 5%, and performance usually has three aspects:

1. Inner experience: you cant be bored, restless

2, changes in the autonomic nervous system: chest tightness, rapid heartbeat, palpitations, decreased gastrointestinal motility, decreased appetite, etc.

3. The movement system is weak, the hands and feet are soft, the slight tremors, the trembling, the extra movements appear like blinking, gnashing the teeth, the facial muscles are tense, restless and so on.

After the various symptoms of anxiety disorder, patients must not blindly use drugs, should go to the relevant medical institutions to consult, to find out whether they are suffering from anxiety.

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