Causes and solutions for chest tightness, wheezing and coughing

Coughing, chest tightness or wheezing are phenomena that we may often experience in our daily lives, but generally speaking, they appear alone, or two may appear together. So, some people may worry about this problem. What is the reason if all three symptoms appear together? What should we do when this happens? Let’s share briefly below.

Coughing is mostly caused by respiratory tract inflammation, chest tightness and shortness of breath can be seen in respiratory tract and lung inflammation. Also pay attention to whether there is any lesion in the heart.

Chest distress is a subjective feeling of difficulty breathing or feeling short of breath. Those with mild symptoms will feel nothing serious, but those with severe symptoms will feel uncomfortable, as if a stone is pressing on their chest, and even have difficulty breathing. It may be a functional manifestation of the body's organs, or it may be one of the earliest symptoms of disease in the human body.

"Chest tightness" can be mild or severe. It can be caused by minor general illnesses such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and respiratory tract infection; or severe and potentially fatal illnesses such as myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, pneumothorax, and upper gastrointestinal tract rupture. The diagnosis of these diseases can be preliminarily differentiated after a detailed medical history, but the final diagnosis still requires the help of Western medical examinations, so extreme caution must be exercised in clinical practice.

The anatomical structure of the entire chest cavity consists of three major parts: the first part is the cardiovascular system, including the heart and aortic vascular system; the second part is the respiratory system's trachea, bronchi, and lungs; the third part is the gastrointestinal system's esophagus and stomach. If the chest tightness attacks are often aggravated during activities, climbing stairs, and straining to defecate, and are accompanied by a feeling of pressure, chest pain, wheezing, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, and cold sweats, and the symptoms are relieved after rest, it is often related to cardiovascular system diseases.

If chest tightness is accompanied by symptoms of cold and respiratory infection, such as cough, yellow sputum, chest pain, fever, wheezing, etc., it is mostly a respiratory system problem.

If chest tightness often occurs after meals, sometimes there is also a burning sensation, acid vomiting, and a stuffy and painful feeling in the upper abdomen. After the gastrointestinal disease is treated, the chest tightness will usually be relieved.

Now that we know the causes of chest tightness, shortness of breath and cough, what should we do? Generally speaking, coughing after a cold is caused by airway hyperresponsiveness. But it may also be due to variant asthma, so in this case, you should pay attention to keeping warm and try not to catch a cold. Another thing is to reduce exposure to dust, as dust is very harmful to the respiratory tract. Finally, if any of the three symptoms appear, seek medical attention immediately.