What should men do if they feel chest tightness and shortness of breath?

Most of the male friends who experience chest tightness and shortness of breath will feel better after a short rest. Most of the chest tightness does not need to be too nervous or treated. However, you should pay special attention to it in your daily life, eat as light as possible, and avoid eating too greasy food. So what exactly causes men to have chest tightness and shortness of breath?

After a short rest, opening windows for ventilation or going outside to breathe fresh air, relaxing the mind, and adjusting emotions, you will soon be able to return to normal. This type of chest tightness can be said to be functional chest tightness, and there is no need to be nervous or treated. Pathological chest tightness can occur suddenly or slowly. Pathological chest tightness must be taken seriously to avoid delaying necessary treatment. Patients should go to the hospital for chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, blood biochemistry and other tests as well as lung function tests so that clinical physicians can further confirm the diagnosis.

There are many reasons for chest tightness, such as chest diseases: pleurisy, bullae, emphysema, etc. Heart diseases are often coronary heart disease, which causes myocardial ischemia. It is recommended to check myocardial enzyme spectrum, electrocardiogram, etc.

1. Chest tightness caused by organic reasons:

1. Cardiac chest tightness: chest tightness, shortness of breath, dyspnea after activity or fatigue, or paroxysmal dyspnea at night. Patients may wake up from sleep due to suffocation. It is seen in patients with heart disease who have pulmonary congestion and heart failure. In addition, chest tightness can also be a manifestation of angina pectoris when myocardial ischemia occurs in coronary heart disease.

2. Pulmonary chest tightness - seen in bronchial asthma, pleural effusion, spontaneous pneumothorax, pulmonary fibrosis, etc.

2. Chest tightness caused by neurological functional reasons:

Common in cardiovascular disorders. Patients feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, lack of air, difficulty breathing, often sighing, and feel comfortable after taking a long breath; sometimes accompanied by palpitations, stabbing pain in the precordial area, as well as fatigue, dizziness, confusion, fear, anxiety, sweating, insomnia and other neurological symptoms. This disease is more common in young women. Its characteristics are that the symptoms are numerous and changeable, similar to coronary heart disease and angina, but no organic lesions are found in electrocardiograms, heart B-ultrasound, and other examinations.

This article explains in detail why men experience chest tightness and shortness of breath. If it is not pathological chest tightness, no treatment is required, but you still need to go to the hospital for a detailed examination to confirm the diagnosis. Generally speaking, it is caused by chest disease, so don't delay the disease at home.