My left chest feels stuffy and I can't breathe

For many elderly people, they actually experience chest tightness. Whether standing or walking, you will experience chest tightness. Once you experience chest tightness, you need to know what is causing it. Because many middle-aged and elderly people will experience chest tightness and shortness of breath, at this time, we need to know the cause and find treatment and relief methods.

1. Chest tightness is a subjective feeling. Chest tightness is a functional manifestation of body organs and one of the main symptoms of physical illness. Chest tightness manifests as difficulty breathing or lack of breath, and shortness of breath. In mild cases, the feeling is okay, but in severe cases, you will feel uncomfortable, as if a stone is pressing on your chest, and you have difficulty breathing. Other symptoms may also appear, such as chest pain, palpitations, vomiting, cold sweats, nausea, a feeling of tightness, burning, pressure, etc.

2. The above symptoms are caused by diseases of our respiratory tract, lungs, and heart, so common diseases may also occur, such as lung infection, respiratory tract infection, heart disease, etc.

3. Chest tightness can be mild or severe. Occasional chest tightness symptoms may be relieved by taking a rest for mild cases, but for severe cases, the frequency of chest tightness becomes higher and higher and the degree becomes more serious. At this time, you must pay more attention, because for those who have chest tightness or worsening symptoms, there is a possibility of sudden death at any time, and the risk factor is extremely high. Therefore, if you encounter this situation, you need to go to the hospital for medical treatment in time, follow the doctor's instructions and adjust the treatment with medication or other methods on time, so as to avoid worsening of the condition and endangering life and health.

Chest tightness is a functional manifestation of the body's organs and one of the signs of illness. It is a subjective feeling. Patients often have difficulty breathing and shortness of breath. It may be that insufficient blood supply to the heart leads to ischemia causing chest tightness, or it may be a lung infection, etc. Therefore, there are many reasons for chest tightness, and our current lifestyle can cause chest tightness at any time, and it will have a great impact on the physical health of middle-aged and elderly people. So when we encounter chest tightness, how should we quickly relieve or adjust it?

First, if a person stays in an environment with poor air circulation for a long time, the oxygen supply is insufficient, leading to hypoxia. At this time, when chest tightness occurs, it is best to open the window to ventilate the current environment as much as possible, or go outside to breathe fresh air.

2. Avoid overwork. Due to the burden of life and the needs of work, many people often work overtime. The busy and tiring work leads to lack of rest and sleep. Overwork makes the body unable to bear it, so chest tightness often occurs. At this time, we need to appropriately adjust our work and rest time so that work and rest are proportional.

3. Keep exercising and strengthen physical training.

4. Adjust your emotions, avoid conflicts with others, or be in a low-pressure state frequently. You need to effectively adjust your emotional fluctuations, take things easy, always maintain an optimistic attitude, and slowly return to normal.

5. Adjust your diet reasonably, avoid spicy and irritating foods, eat more foods containing vitamins, quit smoking and drinking, and develop good living and eating habits.