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Pain in the left part of the chest: causes and types of manifestation
If such a symptom occurs, we think first of all that this happens in the heart. But in cases of certain ailments of the stomach or with a disturbed process of motor activity in
Is the heart in danger or not?
Almost every person at least once in his life experienced pain in the left part of the chest, specifically - in the place where the heart is. Such sensations force to attract attention and cause anxiety more than with similar pains in other areas of the body. This is how our body reacts to all sorts of problems in the place of the most important human "detail". Knowingly the dangerous symptom becomes the most widespread reason of the call of people about the help to physicians. Characteristic pain in the left part of the chest is possible in case of
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 conditionally subdivided into non-cardiological and cardiological. Pain arising in this area is manifested in a variety of ways. They can be pricking, squeezing, baking, 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 chest completely, and also to give to the shoulder region, neck, arm, under the scapula, in the stomach and even in the lower jaw. The duration of a painful symptom can not be predicted - from a few minutes to many
Causes
The reasons for which hurts in the left side of the chest, a lot. These can be problems in the rib and spine, intestines and stomach, neuroses and so on. The most common cases in medical practice, in which patients complain of pain in the left part of the chest, are:
- myocardial infarction in the acute stage and angina pectoris;
- pericarditis and stratification of the aortic aneurysm ;
- pneumonia and embolism of the arteries of the lungs;
- pleurisy and spontaneous pneumothorax;
- gastroesophageal reflux disease ;
- esophageal cancer, esophagitis, esophagus spasms , Tietze's disease ;
Osteochondrosis of the neck;
- Shingles and some others.
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