Pain in left chest when breathing hard

People have a heart in the left chest area. Pain occurs when pressing with the hand or breathing, indicating that there is a problem with the heart. It is possible that it is related to inflammation, body position, and organ dysfunction. In normal times, we need to find the cause according to the location of the disease, choose the appropriate method to slowly treat it, and avoid the disease from worsening and causing a burden on our body.

If you feel pain in the upper left chest, above the heart, and feel pain when you press with your hand, it means that the pain is in the chest wall, and the most likely cause is chest wall muscle spasm.

The main characteristics of this type of chest pain are local tenderness. Changes in body position, chest movement, and deep breathing can aggravate the pain. It can also manifest as tingling, spasmodic pain, etc.

The causes are mostly due to prolonged incorrect posture, bending over, leaning on a desk, strenuous exercise, local cold, etc., which cause chest wall muscle fatigue and spasm. This kind of chest pain is very common among computer workers.

Other possible causes:

1. Chest pain caused by heart reasons: The most common is angina pectoris, which is paroxysmal and severe, mostly located in the precordial area, rarely above the heart, and there is no local tenderness, so it is not supported.

2. Rib lesions: The most common is costochondritis, which occurs in the 2nd to 4th costal cartilages in the upper chest. The local area may become thicker, raised, swollen, painful and tender, but there is no redness or swelling of the local skin. If you feel no lumps when you touch it, no local swelling, and no thickening of the ribs, the possibility is not high.

3. Intercostal neuralgia: The pain is often distributed along the intercostals, and is most obvious in the mid-axillary line, beside the spine, and beside the sternum. It is a stabbing or burning pain, and may be aggravated by turning around, taking a deep breath, or coughing. This does not match your situation.

4. Pleuritic chest pain: The pain is mostly located in the armpit or near the armpit, often accompanied by low fever, cough, shallow and rapid breathing, etc.

It is recommended to go to the hospital's surgery department for treatment and let the doctor do a preliminary examination first, and then do relevant examinations according to the situation, such as chest X-ray, to clarify the cause of the disease.

Prevention and treatment methods:

1. Relax your mind, get enough rest, avoid overwork, and keep warm to prevent cold.

2. Correct bad posture: Do not maintain a fixed posture for a long time, such as writing, reading, working, or operating a computer for a long time with your head down, so as to avoid continuous contraction of the head, neck, and chest muscles.

3. For areas with obvious tenderness, massage, local hot compress, etc., you can use antispasmodic and analgesic tincture or Voltaren, etc., apply it to the painful area, and local massage will have better effect. You can also apply the analgesic plaster to the painful area.