What's the matter with the dull pain on the left side of my chest

If we eat a variety of grains, we will get a variety of diseases. In our lives, some of us sometimes feel a dull pain in the left chest. Many people don't think it's a big deal, but they start to regret it when the problem becomes serious. The left chest mainly contains the heart, and pain in the left chest cannot but consider whether it is cardiovascular disease and pleurisy. The following is an explanation of the causes of dull pain in the left chest. I hope you can take the right medicine according to your own situation to solve the problem.

What causes left chest pain?

Sudden left chest pain is often an early sign of a heart attack. However, when you go to the hospital for a check-up at this time, they often cannot find any problems and all the data are normal. Until one day, when the pain was unbearable, I went to the hospital for a checkup: heart disease! No way? This kind of pain was not a heart disease before, how come it is a heart disease now? So, don't trust the instrument, don't trust the test results, trust your body's feelings. Once you have left chest pain, you should prevent the onset of heart disease as soon as possible.

When sudden pain occurs in the left chest, people first think of heart problems. In fact, there are many diseases that can cause chest pain. You need to go to the hospital for diagnosis and then choose the correct treatment.

What is the reason for the sudden pain in the left chest? What diseases are causing it?

It is the most common cause of chest pain, which often occurs after fatigue, a full meal, or emotional excitement. The symptoms generally include squeezing pain, dull pain, and dull pain in the left chest. It often spreads to the back, inner left arm, teeth, etc., and lasts for varying lengths, generally not exceeding 30 minutes. If the attack can be relieved by rest, it can basically be diagnosed. If the pain worsens and lasts for more than half an hour, if you sweat profusely and are accompanied by nausea and vomiting, you should be alert to the possibility of acute myocardial infarction. Be sure to seek medical attention promptly and don't delay.

1. What is the reason for frequent left chest pain?

1. Pleurisy with pain in the left chest.

If chest pain worsens when you take a deep breath or cough, it indicates pleural inflammation, which is more common in patients with tuberculosis or lung tumors. Patients with pleuritic pain may press their hands on one side of the chest wall, avoid deep breathing, or suppress coughing. Over time, chest pain may move from one location to another. In addition, if the lung tumor spreads to the chest wall or ribs, it will cause persistent, intractable chest pain, which can usually be diagnosed by a chest X-ray or chest CT scan.

2. Pneumothorax with pain in the left chest.

Some young people suddenly experienced chest pain when lifting heavy objects. X-ray examination revealed that it was "pneumothorax". This type of spontaneous pneumothorax is more common in young and middle-aged people. Typical symptoms include sudden chest pain, accompanied by chest tightness, shortness of breath, cough, and sometimes shortness of breath, a feeling of suffocation, irritability, cyanosis, sweating, shock, etc.

Nature and characteristics of chest pain:

3. Characteristics of chest pain

Chest pain caused by chest wall diseases is clearly localized and may be accompanied by redness, swelling, tenderness, rash, and deformity.

4. Nature of chest pain

The chest pain caused by intercostal neuritis is paroxysmal, stabbing pain. Esophagitis causes burning pain. Tearing pain is common in dissecting aneurysms.

5. Location of chest pain

Pain behind the sternum is common with angina pectoris. Left anterior chest pain can also be angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, or left-sided pneumonia. Chest pain radiating to the left shoulder is often angina pectoris.

2. Common diseases that cause chest pain

1. Pleural diseases

Such as pleurisy, pneumothorax, lung infection, pulmonary infarction, lung tumor, esophageal disease, mediastinal tumor, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, etc. The chest pain caused by these diseases is related to breathing and coughing. Chest pain worsens with deep breathing and coughing, often accompanied by difficulty breathing. Chest pain is localized to the side of the lesion.

2. Cardiovascular disease

The most common ones are angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, followed by pericarditis. This type of chest pain often manifests as compressive, stuffy, or even tearing pain in the precordial area and behind the sternum. It often radiates to the left shoulder, neck and inner side of the left arm, and is accompanied by shock symptoms in severe cases.

3. Chest wall disease

Chest pain can be caused by chest wall contusion, rib fracture, costochondritis, intercostal neuritis, dermatitis, myositis, intermuscular neuralgia, herpes zoster, esophagitis, etc. Herpes zoster causes severe chest pain that runs along the ribs, and dense small blisters appear on the skin after 1-2 days.

4. Organ lesions

Such as subphrenic abscess, acute cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, etc.

5. Chest trauma

It is common in cases of rib fractures, a history of chest trauma, and chest pain that worsens with breathing or coughing.

6. Spinal diseases

The spinal nerves and autonomic nerves that originate from the cervical and thoracic spinal cord can send branches to the cell wall, cell membrane, diaphragm, heart and other parts. When the cervical and thoracic vertebrae are slightly dislocated, stretched, or inflammatory due to trauma, strain, or exposure to cold, the related spinal nerves or autonomic nerves may be stimulated, causing chest pain. This type of chest pain symptom often worsens with the worsening of spinal lesions and eases with the alleviation of spinal diseases.

The causes of chest pain are complex and diverse, and should be carefully identified in clinical practice to avoid misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis.

3. Emergency measures for severe chest pain:

1. If you suspect an angina attack, immediately inhale oxygen, rest, and take nitroglycerin sublingually.

2. For chest pain caused by pleurisy or chest wall disease, you can use a wider abdominal belt to fix the chest wall at the painful area to reduce the movement of the chest during breathing.

3. Go to the hospital immediately for an electrocardiogram and X-ray examination to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment is directed at the cause.

4. Take painkillers appropriately

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