What causes pain in the left chest of a man?

Many men have left chest pain. What's going on? Sudden left chest pain is usually a sign of heart disease. However, if you go to the hospital for a checkup, you often can't find out what the problem is. Instead, all the data are normal. Until one day, when the pain is really unbearable, you go to the hospital for a checkup and are told that you have heart disease! In addition, there are the following possible reasons for left chest pain.

Angina pectoris due to coronary heart disease and pain in the left chest.

It is the most common cause of chest pain, which often occurs after fatigue, full meals, and emotional excitement. It usually manifests as left chest compression pain, dull pain, and dull pain. It often spreads to the back, inner side of the left arm, teeth, etc., and lasts for different lengths of time, generally not more than 30 minutes. If it can be relieved after rest after the attack, it can basically be diagnosed. If the pain worsens, the time exceeds half an hour, and there is sweating during the pain, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, etc., you should be alert to the possibility of acute myocardial infarction. Be sure to seek medical attention in time and don't delay.

What causes frequent left chest pain?

1. Pleurisy with pain in the left chest.

If chest pain gets worse with deep breathing or coughing, it means that there is inflammation of the pleura, which is more common in patients with tuberculosis or lung tumors. Patients with pleural pain will press their hands on one side of the chest wall, avoid deep breathing, or suppress coughing. After a period of time, the chest pain may move from one location to another. In addition, if the lung tumor spreads to the chest wall or ribs, it will cause persistent and stubborn chest pain, which can usually be confirmed by chest X-ray or chest CT.

2. Pneumothorax with pain in the left chest.

Some young people suddenly developed chest pain when lifting heavy objects, and X-ray examinations revealed "pneumothorax", a spontaneous pneumothorax that is more common in young people. Typical manifestations are sudden chest pain, accompanied by chest tightness, breath holding, coughing, sometimes shortness of breath, suffocation, irritability, cyanosis, sweating, shock, etc.

3. Characteristics of chest pain

Chest pain caused by chest wall disease is clearly localized and may be accompanied by redness, swelling, tenderness, rash, and deformity.

4. Nature of chest pain

Intercostal neuritis causes paroxysmal, stabbing chest pain. Esophagitis causes burning pain. Tearing pain is common in dissecting aneurysms.

5. Location of chest pain

Pain behind the sternum is common in angina. Pain in the left front chest can also be caused by angina, myocardial infarction, or left-sided pneumonia. Chest pain that radiates to the left shoulder is often angina.