How to treat pain in the chest?
Each of us was faced with the emergence of suddenpain in the sternum - it could be for a few seconds, and could last for a whole minute. However, these manifestations can not be ignored, since they signal significant deviations in the processes of the body. This can be as the ailments of the chest, and diseases of the abdominal cavity. And the pain when exhaled in the child's chest in the left often indicates often a lung or heart disease. About how to find out the cause and what symptoms should be listened to, we'll tell in this article.
General symptoms
You should immediately contact a doctor if you notice one of the following signs:
prolonged painful sensation, which lasts more than 15 minutes and does not pass after rest;
signs in the thoracic area after active physical exercises along with coughing attacks;
compression in the sternum, along with accelerated palpitation, sweating, dizziness, shallow breathing, in some cases - fainting;
pain on the left in the chest without coughing along with a burning sensation extending to the lower jaw, back, shoulder and cervical region;
sudden sharp pains, intermittent breathing, belching and coughing.
Causes of pain in the chest
The main factors that cause the appearance of symptoms, can act as follows:
myocardial infarction;
organ trauma;
pulmonary diseases;
gastrointestinal ulcers;
deformation of the spine;
panic, stress, anxiety;
diseases of the gallbladder;
pneumonia;
angina pectoris;
excessive physical exercise;
intense cough;
diseases of internal organs;
heartburn;
tachycardia;
embolism of the pulmonary artery.
In each case, a sick person feels different sensations and discomfort. However, in any case, immediately consult a doctor.
Why does discomfort arise?
The most common diseases with the appearance of pain in the sternum are the following:
Pain sensations in the middle of the chest area sign of the appearance of pulmonary diseases. This often causes a cough. Also such symptoms can signal the deformation of bone structures or cartilage.
Frozen sensation can signalproblems with the heart or aorta. As a rule, painful signs in the center are irradiation. In other words, the source is in the left side of the trunk, but sensations are given to other places.
Constant pain indicates the development of vascular diseases, such an aneurysm of the aorta, etc. In this case, pain signals will intensify after active physical exercises.
Deformation of the spine is another reason for the appearance of symptoms. They can testify to the development of osteochondrosis, lordosis, scoliosis, herniation of intervertebral discs, etc.
Problems with the gastrointestinal tract - a fairly common phenomenon. Depression and heaviness in the center of the chest are echoes of spasms in the stomach walls. Such symptoms are of a periodic nature and appear, usually after eating.
Thus, we examined the main symptoms when there is pain in the chest on the left or in the middle. Also revealed a number of diseases that provoke the appearance of such signs.
