The large organs of our body (heart, esophagus, stomach, lungs) and the network of vessels that entangles them receive and conduct nerve impulses. All this accumulation nerve cells concentrated in the chest nerve node– ganglia. Therefore, when there is pain in any organ, it seems to us that the chest hurts. This occurs due to the cross combination of conducting nerves in the spinal nodes of the same name. For example, epigastric discomfort can radiate to the shoulders, back and arms.

Cardiovascular causes of pain

Chest or epigastric pain can be described as dull, sharp, aching, pulling or pressing. Patients often describe the discomfort as visceral pain. A strong impulse in the thoracic region can signal a serious pathology - osteochondrosis of the chest. That is why every person needs to know the difference between pain in the heart and pain due to osteochondrosis.

There are many diseases that cause chest pain. Many of them pose a threat to life. These include:

• myocardial infarction;
• stable and unstable angina;
• increased pneumothorax;
• partial aortic dissection;
• damage to the esophagus;
• pericarditis;
• pneumonia of any origin;
• pancreatitis;
• various malignant tumors in chest;
• other painful conditions that are not potentially life-threatening;
• minor injuries thoracic;
• reflux gastroesophageal disease;
• dysphagia;
• cholecystitis;
• not perforated ulcers.

In general, neither children nor young people under 35 years of age are susceptible to ischemic infarction, although a heart attack can occur in early age. Skeletal lesions, scoliosis, muscle or lung diseases are much more common at this age.

Chest pain is the most common reason for calling an ambulance. Severe discomfort in this area for diseases cardiovascular system may occur when:

• myocardial infarction;
• any angina;
• blockage pulmonary artery;
• damage to the thoracic aorta;
• pericarditis.

A common example of chest discomfort or pain is angina. With physical or emotional stress, the heart muscle lacks oxygen and pain occurs in the heart area, a feeling of squeezing and lack of air appears. Pain is often not perceived as pain - it is pressure or discomfort. Such sensations arise precisely at the height of stress or excitement.

The pain and discomfort of angina quickly disappear after the load is removed. The discomfort disappears within 5 minutes, and if the attack is stopped with nitroglycerin, it will disappear within 1.5-2 minutes.

The pain impulse during angina is sometimes caused by spasm of myocardial vessels. Spontaneous or sudden angina is characterized by the same pain as classic angina (tension). Often patients have both types of the disease.

An attack of spontaneous angina is effectively neutralized by nitroglycerin. Such a clear and stable effect from taking it this drug has important diagnostic value and indicates the antispasmodic origin of the attack (ischemia).

Chest pain due to osteochondrosis

Pain with thoracic osteochondrosis can be of different types. The term dorsago is what experts call “sternal lumbago.” The attack begins suddenly and is accompanied by very severe pain, a feeling of chest tightness and lack of air. Sometimes there are associated symptoms: stiffness, retardation of movements, tension of individual muscles.

Often the pain reminds itself when standing up suddenly after long stay V sitting position. This pain impulse does not last long and subsides quickly.

The situation is different with dorsalgia. Her symptoms are completely opposite. Severe pain does not appear immediately. At first, the patient experiences mild discomfort, and then prolonged dull, aching pain appears.

For any physical stress or when walking the pain intensifies. This condition persists for 15-25 days. A strong impulse occurs when the body is tilted or when inhaling.

There are accompanying symptoms: stiffness of the limbs and tension in the muscle tissue. Its peak pain syndrome reaches in the late evening or at night. By morning the pain gradually subsides.

After waking up and getting up, you need to do a short warm-up, this will reduce the intensity of pain to mild discomfort or tingling.

Diagnosis of osteochondrosis of the chest

The presence of osteochondrosis of the chest in a patient is indicated by many obvious symptoms, on the basis of which a specialist diagnoses the disease. Diagnosis is carried out on an outpatient basis. First, when examining the patient, an anamnesis is collected to differentiate a chronic condition from an acute and recurrent one.

If necessary, the doctor prescribes an X-ray or ultrasound examination chest. IN special cases a CT scan (computed tomography) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) may be needed cervicothoracic region in order to obtain a clearer picture of the disease.

Damage knee joint, and in particular dislocation, are accompanied by the following symptoms:

• Spicy and constant pain in the joint, which intensifies with movement.
• Poor mobility, either the inability to move the leg or limited amplitude.
• Swelling of the knee, indicating tissue hemorrhage and disruption of vascular integrity.
• Lack of sensation in the foot ‒ serious sign, indicating major damage to the nerve trunks.

The difference between pain in osteochondrosis and heart pain

Heart pain is called angina pectoris. They differ in the following parameters:

• They have a pressing character. Very often, with this diagnosis, the patient feels a nagging discomfort or pressure on a certain area.
• The main place where pain is especially acute is the chest in the area of ​​the sternum or throat.
• Many patients with angina suffer from shortness of breath.
• Pain occurs at the height of the load and forces it to stop.
• When talking about pain, the patient puts his fist or hand to his chest.
• The pain lasts up to 5 minutes, less often – 10-15 minutes.
• The pain is clearly relieved by nitroglycerin or nitrospray.

Osteochondrosis manifests itself differently. The intensity of the pain syndrome decreases when changing body position. With angina pectoris, such actions will not help. To relieve pain, take medications, for example, validol. If the pain does not subside after taking the pills, this is chondrosis.

Why does the chest hurt: injuries and fractures

Common causes of chest pain include: injuries or fractures in this area. The nature of these unpleasant sensations depends to a large extent on the conditions under which the injuries were sustained.

If the body is damaged during falls, then the pain will be aching in nature. In addition, her strength will be relatively high. When changing body position or physical activity, the pain becomes stronger. As night approaches, they may also intensify.

If the injury occurred in fight- the pain is very sharp. Most often, unpleasant sensations do not disappear completely when changing position, but can only reduce their intensity.

If the destructive effect on the body occurred due to Road accident, then you should be as careful as possible. The body may go into shock in a traffic accident. Externally, this can be determined by the color of the lips or skin. In this case, the pain becomes dull or absent altogether for a long time. This period can last up to ten hours. The danger of such injuries is that the patient may not be aware of the fracture and lead a normal lifestyle. However, soon state of shock will be replaced by acute pain syndrome. Most often, in such cases, patients must be immediately hospitalized. It is very important to find out about injuries sustained in an accident in a timely manner. Their characteristic symptoms are: fracture of joints, bones and spine.

It is equally important to diagnose a chest injury in a timely manner. To do this, you need to pay attention to the following characteristic symptoms:

• Pain. They have absolutely different character, but are concentrated at the point of injury. The pain becomes more acute when you feel the injured area, make sudden movements, or deep breathing. They can also hit the head.
• Pressure. In this case, it will not be stable and may decrease significantly.
• Dizziness.
• Nausea.
• Vomit.

Due to a lack of oxygen in the body, due to a chest injury, a person may lose consciousness. A worse outcome – death – cannot be ruled out. Such patients need to be hospitalized urgently.

In severe cases, when the vertebrae are damaged, surgery is required. It is extremely important to consider whether alcohol is present in the blood, since it is this that affects the central nervous system and can prolong the painful shock.

Causes of chest pain in women

Women often experience discomfort in the chest area. All cases are individual and depend on various factors — hormonal changes in the body during menstruation, pregnancy, ovulation. Pain of this nature does not pose a danger to a woman’s body. After 45 years, the reason may be a change hormonal levels. But this happens because of age.

In addition, pain may occur due to inflammatory processes in the mammary glands, osteochondrosis and incorrect posture.

Other diseases

The mammary glands, due to their characteristic structure, are affected by changes in the cervical and shoulder regions, and vice versa. That is, if pain from the chest suddenly turns into shoulder pain, this is justified. There is a diagnosis mastitis. And it is very similar to angina pectoris in terms of the specific manifestation of pain. Malignant tumors in the breast are most often detected in women at least 55 years of age. In this case, the pain is sharp and cutting in nature. They can not only concentrate in one place, but also move to the shoulder.

Symptoms requiring an immediate call to the emergency room

The sternum is an elongated oblong bone located in the very center of a person’s chest. She is movably connected by her top part with the right and left clavicles, on the sides - with the first seven pairs of ribs.

Together with the ribs, the sternum forms the rib cage, which contains vital organs. human heart, lungs, main part of the esophagus, main blood vessels.

Pain in the sternum refers to unpleasant sensations in the area of ​​the bone itself or its joints - the junction with the collarbone and ribs.

But the patients themselves, with this simple name, summarize, perhaps, all types of pain in the chest area and deep in the center.

Causes of chest pain

In most cases, discomfort behind the chest bone is one of the signs of abnormalities in the functioning of organs located in the chest. However, with some types of pathologies, radiating pain occurs in the sternum area.

They are mainly related to failures:

• cardiovascular system;
• respiratory system;
• immune;
• digestive;
• musculoskeletal system.

Nature and localization of pain in the sternum

When visiting a clinic or calling an ambulance, you need to tell as accurately as possible about the pain sensations and show exactly where they are present.

Pain behind the sternum on the left

On the left side of the chest there is a lung, between the 2nd and 5th ribs there is a heart, along the entire length of the left side of the chest, closer to its middle, there is an aorta.

Therefore, if the complaint is pain in the left chest, the doctor will identify and carry out diagnostic measures for diseases such as:

• pericarditis;
• angina pectoris;
• myocardial infarction;
• pleurisy and left-sided pneumonia;
• stomach ulcer;
• aortic aneurysm;
• diaphragmatic hernia;
• ulcer of the esophagus-stomach area, etc.

Pain in the sternum on the right

Pain sensations occur in this part of the body due to pathologies such as:

• right-sided pneumonia;
• bronchitis;
• pleurisy;
• pathologies of the liver and gall bladder;
• injuries and inflammation of the diaphragm;
• pancreatitis.

Also, pain can appear with various injuries directly to the chest bone or ribs, vegetative-vascular dystonia, intercostal neuralgia.

Pain above the sternum

Pain in the upper part of the sternum can occur due to injuries to the sternum and collarbone, bronchitis, damage to the esophagus, disease of the upper respiratory tract, for osteochondrosis, pathologies of the heart and blood vessels.

Acute chest pain

Such sensations, as a rule, are a sign of cardiac pathology - myocardial infarction, acute heart failure. If accompanied by shortness of breath or cough - a symptom of pneumonia, bronchitis.

In case of sharp and sudden pain associated with a rapid deterioration in well-being, the cause may be:

• aortic rupture;
• pinching or perforated ulcer upper part of the stomach;
• intercostal neuralgia;
• diaphragmatic hernia.

Sharp pain during a sigh may indicate a bruise or fracture of the ribs or sternum.
If you experience any of the above disturbing sensations, you should seek help as soon as possible. medical care, if your health sharply worsens, emergency hospitalization is required, since many of the listed symptoms are signs of conditions posing a threat for human life.

Aching, pressing pain behind the sternum

At aching pain characterized by a sluggish pathological process - infectious inflammation, chronic disease.

Most often, pressing pain is a sign of heart pathology, with accompanying changes in blood pressure, weakness and shortness of breath.

Other diseases

Pain inside the chest is usually a sign of organ pathologies digestive system, heart and blood vessels, lungs and bronchi, suffered injuries.

Pathological conditions of the heart and blood vessels

Pain under the sternum caused by cardiovascular diseases occurs much more often than others. They may be of various nature: sharp, aching, pressing.

Often concentrated in the upper left side or center of the chest, they can spread to the entire chest area.

• Myocardial infarction

It occurs when the heart artery is completely blocked, as a result of which the incoming blood flow stops, and due to lack of nutrition, the heart muscle dies.

In this case, very sharp and severe pain occurs, lasting for some time. Additionally, increased sweating, an attack of nausea and vomiting, and severe weakness appear.

• Angina pectoris

It develops when the heart artery is partially blocked. With this disease, the nutrition of the heart muscle does not stop completely, but decreases, as a result of which the muscle is affected by oxygen starvation.

The causes of angina are stress, anxiety, overwork, excessive physical activity and “shoots” in the shoulder, arm or jaw. The pain is sharp but tolerable, lasts about 15-25 minutes and subsides.

• Myocarditis

Occurs when there is an infection of the heart muscle. The pain is accompanied by fatigue and fever. With severe pain, this condition is similar to a heart attack.

• Pericarditis

Pericarditis is a disease of the pericardium ( outer shell heart), in which its thickening is observed, after which fluid accumulates in the pericardial cavity, and then adhesions (scars) appear on the pericardium itself or its cavity. The heart is compressed and its function is impaired. The pain is similar to a sign of angina pectoris.

• Atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries

Occurs when there is accumulation cholesterol plaques, as a result of which the lumen narrows coronary artery and a rupture of its wall or complete blockage of the lumen may occur.
A person feels a sharp, severe pain, as if something has ruptured inside the sternum, which radiates to the back, neck or stomach.

Lung pathologies

At pulmonary diseases felt and sharp severe pain in the chest area, and aching.

• Lung abscess or pneumonia

The lungs, engulfed by infection, make themselves felt by both aching and sharp one- or two-sided pain in the depths of the sternum. This condition is often accompanied by an increase in body temperature, wet cough and weakness.

• Pleurisy

This is an infection or irritation of the surface of the lungs or pleura - the inner lining of the chest cavity. Appears sharp pain in the sternum when coughing and sneezing, inhaling and exhaling.

• Pneumothorax

As a rule, this disease develops with a chest injury and is associated with the entry of air from the lungs into the cavity. The symptom is sharp pain in the sternum during a deep breath.

Arises internal bleeding, blood pressure falls, feeling of weakness, loss of consciousness and painful shock.

Digestive diseases

The thoracic region contains the esophagus and upper part stomach, bordering on diaphragmatic hole. On the left under the diaphragm is the pancreas, on the right is the liver. Any pathological conditions of these organs entail both acute and nagging pain in this area.

• GERD

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a consequence of food moving from the stomach back into the esophagus, thereby irritating its walls with gastric juice.

Accompanied by burning pain, often of a strong spasmodic nature, with a bitter taste in the mouth.

• Contraction disorders, esophageal rupture, hypersensitivity

All of the above causes pain in the middle of the chest. After a rupture of the esophagus, acute pain occurs that cannot be tolerated, a rapid deterioration in health, and vomiting.

• Stomach ulcer

With an ulcer, the pain is concentrated in the upper and center of the abdomen, sometimes radiating to the chest. Most often it is aching in nature, acute and occurs during exacerbation of the disease. May subside after eating without irritants (spices).

• Diaphragmatic hernia, stomach pinching

Occurs when the opening in the diaphragm weakens, serving as a passage for the esophagus and blood vessels. After eating, the upper part of the stomach may become chest cavity, and the contracting diaphragm pinches it.

There is severe pain in the sternum and upper abdomen. Emergency hospitalization is required.

• Pancreatitis

When the pain spreads to the left lower or central part of the chest, it also worsens when the body is upright and decreases when bending forward.

What to do if your sternum hurts?

Any pain can indicate a variety of pathologies, often posing a threat to human life.
In this regard, if any disturbing sensations arise, you should contact the medical institution. In case of severe pain, it is necessary to call an ambulance.
As a rule, if you experience discomfort in the chest, you initially contact a general practitioner, who can give a referral to a gastroenterologist, cardiologist and other specialists.
Having made a preliminary diagnosis, treatment begins, which depends on the disease or pathology that caused the symptoms listed above.

In any case, you should be attentive to the appearance of such pain, especially those associated with physical activity or stressful situations.

Causes of chest pain

Myocardial infarction almost always causes pain varying degrees severity from moderate to intense. The pain of a heart attack does not go away quickly. It is impossible to completely relieve pain with rest and medication. Myocardial infarction should also be remembered when severe chest pain appears during physical activity, even in fairly young people.

Attacks of angina also lead to pain that is felt like a myocardial infarction, but this is a different disease. Most attacks last approximately 15 minutes.

Heartburn can feel burning pain behind the sternum.

Exercise, falls, coughing can lead to painful overexertion muscles and other tissues chest wall. In this case, the pain intensifies when pressing on the painful area.

Anxiety and panic may include symptoms from the chest organs, such as tachycardia (frequent, strong and irregular heartbeats), shallow breathing. To other symptoms anxiety state include anxiety, fear of suffocation, fear of death.

Peptic ulcers and gallbladder diseases also cause pain that can spread to the chest.

A pulmonary embolism is the presence of a blood clot in the artery leading from the heart to the lungs. Risk factors for pulmonary embolism include surgical interventions in the last 6 weeks, wearing plaster casts, prolonged sitting in airplanes, cars, conditions that limit mobility. Symptoms of thromboembolism include sudden shortness of breath, sudden pain in the chest, which gets worse with breathing, and sometimes coughing up blood.

Symptoms

Immediate medical attention required:

What can you do

If you suspect that you or your loved ones are having a myocardial infarction, call an ambulance immediately.

To relieve tension in your chest muscles, take a pain reliever such as. Apply hot and let the muscles relax. If pain is associated with eating or, conversely, occurs on an empty stomach, try eating smaller meals.

What can a doctor do?

Ask you about history cardiovascular diseases in your family, about your current symptoms, and about the medications you are taking.
Carry out an examination to determine whether the pain is related to heart disease or not.
Carry out the necessary examinations, including ECG, exercise test, coronary angiography (series x-rays heart vessels), stomach examinations, etc. Be sure to regularly visit your doctor and have necessary research. It is easier to prevent or cope with any health problem in the early stages.

Pain in the middle of the sternum can occur at the most various reasons. And this does not always indicate problems with organs that are located directly in the localization zone. Often such sensations can be an echo of diseases even of those organs that are located in abdominal cavity. To start right effective treatment, it is necessary to accurately establish the cause and then build on it in the future, and not ignore the phenomenon. Our body always signals us in time about any problems that have arisen. Therefore, it is important to learn to hear and correctly understand these signals.

Possible causes of pain in the middle of the chest in women and men

One of the most common reasons are, of course, all kinds of heart problems. For example, angina pectoris ischemic disease and even myocardial infarction. In any of these cases, the person feels pain on the left side, but it can radiate to different places and can also be felt in the middle of the chest. The painful sensations are very strong and stabbing in nature. It seems to a person that thousands of needles are being stuck into him. Such symptoms are extremely dangerous, since heart disease can even lead to death.

If the pain occurs suddenly and unexpectedly, you may even lose consciousness. At this moment, the person’s pulse noticeably quickens, and the face and lips become pale. You should call an ambulance or, if the attack was short-lived, immediately make an appointment with a cardiologist. Nitroglycerin, which instantly dilates blood vessels, will help normalize a person’s condition.

Sometimes the cause is lung disease. For example, pleurisy, pneumonia, bronchitis and tracheitis. In this case, the pain will intensify with a strong sharp sigh and cough. Explain painful sensations in this case it’s quite simple - these diseases cause damage to the diaphragm and intercostal muscles.

Sometimes pain in the middle of the sternum leads to various problems With gastrointestinal tract. For example, diaphragmatic abscess, ulcer duodenum or stomach. Because of them stomach pain may radiate to the chest area.

Symptoms

Only an experienced specialist can accurately determine the cause of the appearance. Often during an appointment, the doctor asks the patient additional questions that help identify other symptoms of a particular disease.

• For example, if a person begins to experience pain due to problems with the gastrointestinal tract, then additional symptoms there will be pain in the stomach or in the left hypochondrium, frequent feeling of heartburn, nausea and even vomiting without obvious reason. Here the patient will be prescribed additional tests and examinations related to the condition of the stomach, which will help to make an accurate conclusion about the cause of the pain.
• In case of lung diseases, additional symptoms include cough, sore throat and sore throat, often elevated temperature bodies. If the diagnosis is confirmed, then treatment will ultimately be aimed specifically at eliminating lung problems.
• If the cause of the pain lies in an unhealthy heart, then the person will periodically feel tingling and discomfort in this area, will begin to get tired often, he may experience shortness of breath even with minimal physical exertion, and it will be difficult to breathe.

Diseases that can cause pain in this area

Diseases may include:

• , reflux esophagitis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, diaphragmatic abscess;
• pleurisy, pneumonia, tracheitis and bronchitis;
• thyroid diseases;
• angina pectoris, heart failure and ischemic disease;
• osteochondrosis and other diseases that lead to unstable functioning of the thoracic spine.

Even despite the abundance medicines and drugs on the shelves of modern pharmacies, it is almost impossible to instantly eliminate and even alleviate chest pain that appears due to all the diseases described above.

First, you will need to go to an appointment with a specialist who can diagnose the main cause of the pain, and then the patient will be prescribed long-term complex treatment.

Even if pain appears rarely and is barely felt, this may indicate the development and complication of a disease. Therefore, the sooner treatment is started, the less illness will have consequences for the human body.

Pain in the sternum due to injury

It can also appear due to injuries resulting from road accidents, falls or other injuries. If a person receives a blow in this area, this can lead to muscle rupture, which causes severe pain. As a rule, in these cases, the pain will clearly intensify with deep sharp exhalations and inhalations, turns, bends and some other physical exercises.

If the injury was particularly strong and serious, then the pain can be felt even by pressing on the middle of the chest or simply by placing your hand in this area. Most likely, this indicates a fracture or crack in the bones.

In this case, it is necessary to urgently contact a surgeon and also take an image that will allow you to determine the exact cause. Until visiting a doctor, the patient should avoid physical activity and be at rest so as not to worsen your condition with careless movement.

Unpleasant sensations after training

If the pain appeared after sports training, then this could be due to several reasons. More often it occurs in beginners in sports who perform exercises on pectoral muscles, forgetting about safety precautions or exceeding your capabilities (excessive loads).

This also applies to athletes who prefer exercises such as dips, especially with weights.

If the whole point is a simple overload, then after 2-3 days the pain should go away. Otherwise, you should consult a doctor.

Video with a professional doctor about the work of the thoracic spine

Chest pain (thoracalgia) – unpleasant feeling, which occurs during pathological processes during internal organs, chest or spine injuries. This condition leads to difficulty breathing, stiffness of movement and a significant deterioration in a person’s quality of life. To eliminate the manifestation, you should contact a medical institution.

Etiology

Pain in the chest in the middle, on the right or left side is provoked pathological changes from the cardiovascular system or upper respiratory tract. Pathologies associated with the spine are also not an exception. In general, chest pain can be caused by the following etiological factors:

• post-traumatic syndrome;
• neurological diseases;
• coronary heart lesions;
• cardiovascular pathologies;
• aortic dissection;
• injuries to the back, sternum and spine;
• diseases respiratory organs;
• pathologies of the abdominal organs;
• psychosomatics.

The pattern of chest pain may indicate a possible underlying factor. Pressing pain in the chest may indicate pre-infarction state, so you should urgently call an ambulance.

Symptoms

Chest pain may be accompanied by the following: additional signs clinical picture:

• , for no apparent reason;

Depending on the etiology, the overall clinical picture may be supplemented specific signs, which helps differentiate them:

• sharp, severe pain in the middle or left side of the chest, radiating to the arm or neck may be a sign acute ischemia or myocardial infarction;
• pain in the chest on the right or left, which occurs when physical activity and completely disappear at rest, may indicate angina pectoris;
• sharp pain in the left side of the chest, radiating to the back, may be a symptom of aortic dissection;
• Chest pain when coughing or taking a deep breath may indicate the development of an upper respiratory tract disease.

Also, pain in the chest when inhaling can be a sign of and. In this case, the general clinical picture may be supplemented by the following manifestations:

• and fever;
• cough;
• difficulty breathing.

The cause of pain in the chest in the middle may be.. In this case, the clinical picture may have the following signs:

• when you try to take a deep breath or exhale, the pain intensifies sharply and has a stabbing character;
• discomfort is felt in the area of ​​the right or left hypochondrium;
• pain radiates to the stomach, liver, and in some cases to the heart;
• attacks of pain occur periodically or only during physical activity;
• pallor skin;
• impaired skin sensitivity;
• decreased tone of the chest muscles.

If such a clinical picture is present, you should urgently seek medical help. Otherwise, development may occur serious complications and even death, if the cause of pain was .

Diagnostics

Why the chest hurts, only a doctor can say after examination and diagnosis accurate diagnosis. If the patient's condition allows, the attending physician conducts a detailed physical examination to determine the general medical history. The medical history must be taken into account. For precise setting The following laboratory tests are used for diagnosis: diagnostic measures:

• general and biochemical analysis blood;
• sputum analysis (if observed) severe cough);
• pulse oximetry;
• chest x-ray;
• blood for markers of myocardial infarction;
• diagnostic medication intake;

If osteochondrosis is suspected, as the root cause of pain in the chest on the right or left, general program diagnostics may include such additional methods examinations:

• computed tomography cervical and thoracic region;
• contrasting discography;
• myelography - research spinal cord using a contrast agent.

Additional research methods may be prescribed at the discretion of the doctor, depending on the current clinical picture, anamnesis and medical history. Treatment can only be prescribed after an accurate diagnosis.

Treatment

Treatment directly depends on the etiology pathological process, which provoked the development of such a symptom. Sometimes, the addition of such symptoms requires urgent hospitalization of the patient.

All in all, drug therapy for pain in the chest on the right or left, may involve taking medications of this type:

• painkillers;
• vasodilators;
• chondroprotectors.

However, treatment with drugs comes entirely from etiological factor, which provoked pain in the chest area.

As an auxiliary therapy, to eliminate pain in the left side of the chest or in other localization of the symptom, the doctor prescribes the following physiotherapeutic procedures:

• shock wave therapy;
• mud therapy.

Depending on the etiology of pain, manual therapy may be prescribed.

In any case, therapy should only be prescribed by a competent medical specialist. Pain on the left side of the chest, on the right or in the middle, may indicate the development of a serious pathological process, so self-medication is fraught with serious consequences.

Prevention

Specific preventive methods, in this case, no. This is due to the fact that pain in the chest area is a symptom, and not a separate nosological unit. Should stick to the general healthy image life and nutrition, do exercises or go to sports clubs, do not get too cold, seek medical help in a timely manner, do not neglect preventive examination medical specialists, as well as annually mandatory do fluorography.