What is the reason for chest pain and heavy breathing when exhaling

Chest pain and loud wheezing when breathing may be caused by costochondritis, a common symptom of anterior chest wall syndrome. Therefore, patients should also pay attention to avoid lifting heavy objects in their daily lives to prevent viral infection.

1. Costochondritis, also known as anterior chest wall syndrome, is a common cause of anterior chest pain. Because the pain is located in the anterior chest, it is easily confused with angina pectoris. Patients often mistakenly think that they have coronary heart disease. The cause is generally related to trauma. When people carry heavy objects, suddenly twist or squeeze the chest, the cartilage of the sternocostal joints is acutely damaged, or it can be caused by chronic strain or viral infection caused by colds.

???2. The disease is caused by aseptic inflammatory reaction that leads to edema and thickening of the costochondrial cartilage. It may be related to maldevelopment of costochondral cartilage, inflammation of costochondral joints, and myofasciitis. Its clinical manifestations are pain in the anterior chest, mostly soreness and swelling, with sudden or slow onset, sometimes mild and sometimes severe, and may be aggravated by turning over, coughing, deep breathing, and upper limb activities.

3. Sometimes the pain radiates to the upper limbs. If the tenderness at the 2-5 costal cartilage is not treated promptly and thoroughly, it tends to recur. In clinical practice, it should be distinguished from coronary heart disease angina pectoris, tuberculous pleurisy and other diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the pain of costochondritis spreads to the chest, ribs and upper arms due to qi stagnation; local bulge, obvious tenderness, and fixed pain points are blood stasis. Stagnation of qi and blood, wind-heat invades the meridians, toxic heat and heat are fierce, and qi and blood are blocked. Pain occurs when the qi and blood are blocked.