What causes men to have left chest pain? What diseases may it be?

Pain in the left chest is common in life. Angina, myocardial infarction, heart disease, etc. may cause pain in the left chest. It is recommended that these friends go to the hospital for a detailed examination, and those with problems should be treated and handled in time.

1. Chest wall disease

Certain chest wall diseases may also cause patients to experience left chest pain, so people who often experience chest discomfort in their daily lives must pay special attention.

Normally, if the pain is caused by chest wall disease, it will usually have a clear and fixed location. In addition, if you observe carefully, you will find local redness, tenderness, rash, deformity, etc. Therefore, when you have left chest pain, you should first pay attention to observation.

For example, if you suffer from intercostal neuritis, you will experience symptoms of left chest pain, which is paroxysmal and stabbing. It is best to treat the left chest pain caused by this disease in time.

2. Heart disease

It can be said that heart disease is the most likely disease for left chest hidden pain. We can make a judgment based on the location and position of the chest pain. Usually, pain behind the sternum is mostly a manifestation of angina pectoris.

In addition to angina, left chest pain may also be other heart diseases, such as myocardial infarction, left-sided pneumonia, etc. If the chest pain radiates to the left shoulder, it can be confirmed that it is angina. No matter what kind of heart disease it is, once it is discovered, it should be treated actively as soon as possible.

In addition to judging whether it is a heart disease by left chest pain, we can also judge it based on other symptoms in daily life, such as chest tightness and shortness of breath, tooth marks on the tongue, etc. These are common manifestations of heart disease.

3. Pleural diseases

In addition to chest wall diseases that can cause left chest pain, some pleural diseases can also cause left chest pain, so patients should pay more attention to this symptom in their daily lives.

There are many common pleural diseases, such as pleurisy and spontaneous pneumothorax. The incidence of these diseases is very high, and once they occur, it is difficult to completely cure them. In addition to chest pain, the symptoms of these pleural diseases include shortness of breath, coughing pain, etc.

Patients with these symptoms often experience more severe pain when breathing or coughing, and often have difficulty breathing. People with these symptoms must pay special attention and go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.