What is the cause of cough and chest tightness?

We all know that coughing and chest tightness often cause great discomfort to everyone. In such situations, we must take timely measures, because chest tightness can easily cause hypoxia. Only by finding the real cause of this situation can we effectively treat it. So, what is the cause of cough and chest tightness?

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.

What are the causes of coughing and chest tightness? After the introduction of the above content, everyone knows that there are many causes of coughing and chest tightness in life, but no matter what the cause is, the harm caused to the human body is relatively large. Therefore, in such a case, it is very necessary to insist on effective treatment.