Chest pain is a sort of pain that a person feel anywhere along the front of
the body between neck and upper abdomen. Chest pain has a number of causes and
is normally considered as a medical emergency. Sometimes it may be even
difficult for a doctor or other medical professional to tell what is reason of
chest pain.
The causes of chest pain are categorized as cardiac and noncardiac causes. Any
organ in your chest that includes heart, lungs, esophagus, muscles, ribs,
tendons, or nerves can be a source of chest pain.
Cardiac causes covers up:-
Heart attack:- It occurs when blood flow to the arteries that supply the heart
becomes blocked and can cause pressure, fullness or a crushing pain in your
chest that lasts more than a few minutes.
Angina:- Chest pain can occur due to an imbalance between the oxygen demand of
the heart and the amount of oxygen delivered via the blood. The reason is the
deposition of fats in arteries that temporarily restrict the blood flow to your
heart. This type of pain mostly goes away within minutes.
Pericarditis:- Chest pain can occur due to an inflammation of the sac that
covers the heart. It causes a sort of piercing and centralized chest pain.
Noncardiac causes covers up:-
Heartburn:- Burning sensation in the esophagus, the tube that runs from your
mouth to your stomach just beneath the breastbone caused by regurgitation of
gastric acid can cause heartburn.
Panic attack:- It is a form of anxiety temporarily disabling, sense of extreme
fear or psychological distress. Symptoms may include rapid heartbeat, rapid
breathing, trembling, shortness of breath, sweating and sensations of choking.
Pleurisy:- A type pf chest pain from inflammation or irritation of the parietal
pleura, the membrane that lines your chest cavity and covers your lungs.
Shingles:- This type of chest pain occurs due to an infection of nerves caused
by the chickenpox virus.
Other factors that can cause chest pain include asthma, collapsed lung, injured
ribs and muscle related chest pain can occur when you raise your arms or twist
side to side.