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Chest pain is sometimes associated with cardiovascular diseases, but it does not always indicate something serious and life-threatening.
Even if the resulting chest pain feels severe, it can be caused by conditions that do not pose a serious threat to a person. In particular, this can occur due to stress, anxiety, mild neurological disorders.
How to understand that the pain in the chest that has arisen is dangerous for a person?
Duration. Persistent severe pain is a reason to consult a doctor. They recommend seeking help if the pain persists for more than five minutes.
Symptoms If chest pain is caused by serious problems, additional problems may occur:
- Dyspnea.
- Cold sweat.
- Nausea.
- Fatigue.
- Weakness, nausea.
- Confusion of consciousness.
- Pain in hands, back, jaw.
What does temporary chest discomfort mean? When stabbing chest pain comes on suddenly and lasts a very short time (transient), it may be due to a rib injury or muscle strain, as well as inflammation in the chest, fibromyalgia, or lichen zoster, a disease similar to chickenpox.
Chest pain on the right. It is often caused by problems with the lungs - for example, it occurs with pneumonia or another lung infection, asthma attacks.
Esophageal spasms. There is a disorder in which abnormal contractions of the esophagus occur - a person feels a sudden severe pain in the chest that lasts from several minutes to an hour. Such pain is easy to mistake for angina pectoris.
