Chest Pain
November 29, 2008
Chest pain can be caused by different reasons but the most prevalent reason people assume about the reason for chest pain is some problem related to heart or in case of heart patient, it is anticipated that he or she is going to face a cardiac attack. However the chest pain is followed by the heart attack is like
Crushing or squeezing of the chest anticipating a heavy load on his chest.
Pain in chest and feeling of discomfort accompanies sweating, nausea or urge of vomiting, and shortness of breath , drowsiness, irregularity in breath like rapid, slow or irregular hear beat, an feeling of losing consciousness, and felling of a spreading pain from jaw to shoulder, neck, one of the arms, and upper portion of belly etc.
Research has shown the fact that in the first 6 hours the maximum damage caused by a heart attack takes place, so if there is any sign to have heart attack, it is better to call a doctor or to shift the patient immediately in the local nursing home or in hospital. Emergency treatment may retrieve the normal condition of heart and heart muscle and can minimize the loss of health potential due to heart attack. The diabetic patients are in high risk zone to be affected by heart attack and in their cases the symptoms are like discomfort in them but surprisingly they lack in showing the major symptoms of heart attack.
Most of the persons anticipate in hearing chest pain about a forthcoming heart attack although in people below the age of 40 chest pain implies many other causes, like Adding exercise and workouts in the daily schedule very often cause pain in chest this is called chest wall pain.
If there is a upper respiratory track infection caused by viral infection, you may have burning chest pain.
Before certain rash appears on body, you may feel certain kind of chest pain, which is caused by the shingles.
A broken rib will give you similar trouble especially when you are trying to take deep breath or you are coughing.
Gastro esophageal reflux initiates pain just under the rib bone it is called heartburn. This kind of pain needs intervention like eating something or taking some antacid.
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