Heaviness in the chest

Perhaps most people at least once in life had unpleasant sensations in the chest (behind the sternum or on its left side - in the heart area). Such discomfort attracts attention and causes great anxiety. The manifestation of heaviness in the chest is the most common reason for calling a doctor.

Discomfort can be felt in a small area. Thus the patient feels, that to it not only to breathe hardly. The heaviness in the chest can be poured all over its area, giving into the arm, abdomen, shoulder, under the shoulder blade, into the lower jaw. Discomfort can be short-lived (several minutes). Often, the heaviness in the chest manifests itself for several hours, and in severe cases - for whole days. The feeling of discomfort can change when moving with your hands, changing your posture. Often, it occurs due to emotional or physical stress, food intake and even at rest.

The reasons for which there is a heaviness in the chest, a lot. Very often it occurs with the accelerated life rhythm of a person. This state, as a rule, is short-lived, so many do not pay due attention to it, writing off everything for stress. However, the severity of the chest may be due to angina or heart failure. In this case, the heart loses the necessary amount of oxygen.

To reduce the risk of an attack, in the first place, you need to minimize stressful situations and their impact on the body. Many people think that they do not have time to do everything planned for the day, so they try to accelerate the rhythm of their lives. As a rule, this leads to stress. In addition, the body experiences increased stress. As a result, the load on its systems is increased. In order to make it easier for the body to cope with stress and stress, magnesium-containing preparations and foods rich in elements that can strengthen blood circulation and the nervous system are recommended. You can include in the diet oatmeal or buckwheat porridge, nuts, cocoa.

The feeling of heaviness in breathing in some cases is a threat to life. In this case, the volume indices of the inhaled air and the frequency of inhalations change. The severity of breathing, in addition to stressful situations, can occur with the formation of an obstruction to the passage of air through the mouth, throat or nose. Very likely is the appearance of such a symptom in pulmonary diseases. These include bronchitis, inflammation and obstruction of the lungs, increased pressure in the pulmonary arteries. As already mentioned above, cardiovascular diseases can become the causes of severity. Discomfort in the chest can cause various allergies, infections in the blood, inactivity, weakened physical condition, hernia, obesity, various complications of diseases (for example, after angina). Smoking has a great influence on the manifestation of symptoms and the conditions surrounding a person change. In the latter case, often, the adaptation of the body can occur slowly enough, resulting in discomfort during breathing.

It should be noted that the manifestation of the severity of breathing negatively affects the central nervous system. As practice shows, people who have this symptom experience certain problems in communicating with other people. The fact is that discomfort in the chest prevents a person from adequately assessing what is happening around him, it is hard to concentrate. This is due to a lack of oxygen.

Diagnosing a symptom is a simple task. It can be identified by examining the patient.

Heaviness when breathing can be accompanied by difficulty swallowing, wheezing sounds, fever. In this case, often the patient can not sleep lying down, but only sitting.