When such a symptom occurs, first of all, we think that this happens in the heart. But in cases of some stomach ailments or with a disturbed process of motor activity in
bile duct pain can also appear in the left side of the
chest. The sensations during the development of angina are pressing, compressing or burning, and can also occur behind the sternum, in the region of the heart and sometimes give to the hand. Still, if unpleasant sensations appear, this is not necessarily a signal of a deviation in the work of the main organ.
Is the heart in danger or not?
Almost every person at least once in his life experienced pain in the left side of the chest, specifically in the place where the heart is. Such sensations make you attract attention and cause anxiety more than with similar pains in other areas of the body. That is how our body reacts to all kinds of malfunctions at the location of the most important human "detail". It is not for nothing that a dangerous symptom is becoming the most common cause of people asking for help from doctors. Characteristic pain in the left side of the chest is possible with
pericarditis and myocarditis. Especially often, sensations near the heart appear with hypertension in the third stage. This disease causes increased pressure inside the arteries and impaired blood flow, as a result of which pronounced disturbances in the work of various organs occur.
Features of an unpleasant symptom
If the left side of the chest hurts, this can be triggered by a variety of factors. Such sensations are conventionally divided into non-cardiological and cardiological. Pain arising in this area is manifested in a variety of ways. They can be stitching, squeezing, firing, burning, aching, pulling, piercing. The area of their manifestation also varies. Sensations can occur both on a small part of the body, and spread to the rib cage completely, and also give it to the shoulder region, neck, arm, under the shoulder blade, in the stomach and even in the lower jaw. The duration of a painful symptom is impossible to predict - from several minutes to many
day and night, they change their severity with a change in breathing or body position, with movements of the shoulders and arms. Sometimes these unpleasant sensations arise due to emotional or physical stress, sometimes - in the process of eating food or at rest.
Causes of occurrence
The reasons for which it hurts in the left side of the chest are many. It can be problems in the ribs and spine, intestines and stomach, neurosis and so on. The most common cases in medical practice in which patients complain of pain in the left side of the chest are as follows:
- acute myocardial infarction and angina pectoris;
- pericarditis and dissection of the aortic aneurysm ;
- pneumonia and embolism of the arteries of the lungs;
- pleurisy and spontaneous pneumothorax;
gastroesophageal reflux disease ;
- cancer of the esophagus, esophagitis, cramping of the esophagus, Titz disease ;
- osteochondrosis of the neck;
- shingles and some others.