| Everyone at some point in their lives will | | | | However, chest pain can be a warning sign of |
| experience chest pain and some times its | | | | more serious problems with the vital organs |
| severe chest pain. Your chest covers a large | | | | contained in your chest. Chest pain can be |
| part of your body and there is alot of | | | | one of the symptoms of a heart attack and you |
| territory there, so to speak. It also | | | | may have other symptoms along with it if it |
| contains most of your bodies vital organs. | | | | is. |
| These vital organs in your chest, are | | | | |
| protected by your rib cage, because they are | | | | These may include, sweating, dizziness and |
| soft and delicate and can be damaged easily. | | | | vomiting. Other symptoms may be pain in you |
| So it is only natural to become alarmed at | | | | jaw or left arm. You also may experience |
| the onset of chest pain. | | | | shortness of breath. Restricted blood flow to |
| | | | the heart, may cause chest pain which may be |
| Chest pain is one of the most common reasons | | | | a symptom of heart disease but not a heart |
| people seek emergency help at a hospital. The | | | | attack. There are several heart related |
| majority of these people seeking emergency | | | | problems that can lead to chest pain, while |
| help are concerned that they may be having a | | | | not causing a heart attack. |
| hear attack. While mild, to extreme chest | | | | |
| pain, is one of the common symptoms of a | | | | One of these is a viral infection of the |
| heart attack, there are many other common | | | | tissue surrounding the heart and another is |
| reasons that can be atrributed to chest pain, | | | | any of several issues with the arteries that |
| even extreme chest pain can. Even a minor | | | | connect to the heart. Stomach problems, such |
| injury to the some parts of your body can | | | | as heartburn or indigestion can cause severe |
| leave you stricken with extreme chest pain. | | | | chest pain also. Prolonged mental stress and |
| | | | or anxiety, can cause chest pain. Chest pain |
| This does not mean that you shouldn't be | | | | can also be an indicator of serious life |
| concerned if you are stricken with serious | | | | threatening health problems that don't |
| chest pain and that you shouldn't seek | | | | involve your heart at all. |
| medical attention. It just means that you | | | | |
| don't have to assume you are going to die if | | | | Your chest also contains and protects your |
| it happens to you. Quit often, chest pain | | | | lungs and any one of many problems involving |
| seems to come on suddenly and this in itself | | | | your lungs can cause extreme chest pain. Any |
| can be alarming but how sudden chest pain | | | | infection of the lungs, can cause severe |
| appears can have little bearing on how | | | | chest pain. Even pneumonia, or even a severe |
| serious it is. | | | | chest cold, or the flu can often cause chest |
| | | | pain. Chest pain is also one of the symptoms |
| A strained back, that leads to swelling | | | | of lung cancer. There are other vital organs |
| around the nerves in the back, causing a | | | | that your chest also contains, that will |
| pinched nerve, can cause some of the most | | | | cause chest pain, if they are diseased, or |
| severe chest pain and it can come on suddenly | | | | malfunctioning. |
| and also may manifest itself in the center | | | | |
| of the chest. This is because an irritated | | | | Your gal bladder and also your pancreas, are |
| nerve can send a pain signal to other parts | | | | both contained in your chest and any one of a |
| of your body and many times does. a bruised | | | | number of problems with these two organs, |
| or cracked rib, can leave you buckled over | | | | will lead to chest pain. Chest pain can be a |
| with chest pain, that can make it difficult | | | | symptom of gall stones, which is a very |
| to breath. | | | | painful condition. So if you experience |
| | | | severe chest pain, you should always seek |
| These are both chest pain situations that are | | | | immediate medical help, but don't try to |
| not indicators of a problem with any of your | | | | diagnose yourself because the causes are |
| vital organs. Both of these can be cured with | | | | many. |
| a visit to your doctor and some bed rest. | | | | |