What causes chest pain?

Does your chest hurt?

Not a heart attack?

Could there be another reason?

What causes chest pain?

Does every chest pain mean a heart attack?

Chest pain is a symptom of the deterioration of the nutrition of the heart muscle and its death as a result of narrowing or occlusion in the heart vessels. It is medically called “Angina Pectoris” by combining the words angina (pain) and chest (pectoris).

Chest pain is not just a heart attack or vascular occlusion. Most people get into unnecessary trouble because of these and similar complaints.

The rib cage is very strong to protect our most valuable organs, and it is like an armor formed in the muscular and skeletal structures. Shoulders, neck and arms are also structures that will affect the rib cage. Pain coming from these places is confused with chest pain. Short or long-term stabbing pain is not a heart attack. If long-term pain is a heart attack, it can cause serious problems.

Pain due to a heart attack or atherosclerosis is different from what you have experienced before. It reveals itself. You feel as if someone fat is sitting on your chest and you can’t breathe.

Chest pain due to a heart attack is felt in the middle of the chest. The pain may be accompanied by sweating and nausea. Some people may feel the pain in the form of pressure or squeezing. It is a severe pain. This pain can spread to the arms, back, neck, neck, jaw and abdomen. A pain that often starts in the left arm or spreads to the arm can be seen.

Chest pain can originate from the musculoskeletal system, reflux, lung, pleura, and adjacent areas. Sometimes there may be back pain. For this situation, you can watch the second video below. There is no need to be afraid of chest pain in those who do not have age or other risk factors.

If you have such a complaint, you should definitely see your doctor and have the necessary tests done. Thus, you can eliminate the questions and unnecessary fears in your mind.