Unpleasant sensations in the chest zone are one of the most frequent symptoms with which women turn to a doctor. Anxiety is justified, because aching pain in the heart can be a characteristic sign of serious pathological changes in the work of this vital organ. But in some cases, discomfort is caused by other diseases outside the cardiovascular system.
Causes of mild aching pain in the region of the heart
The barely noticeable pain syndrome behind the sternum, which is often overlooked, can arise due to the following factors:
- intensive hormonal restructuring in women, including menopause;
- neuroses;
- radiculitis;
- osteochondrosis in the thoracic spine;
- infringement of the nerve root;
- bloating of the intestine;
- overstrain of muscles;
- neuralgia;
- cholecystitis;
- vegetovascular dystonia;
- disorders of the thyroid gland and adrenal glands;
- pleurisy;
- spontaneous pneumothorax;
- shingles;
- emphysema of the mediastinum;
- pancreatitis;
- croupous pneumonia;
- bronchitis;
- alveolitis;
- Titze syndrome;
- tracheitis;
- cardiospasms;
- esophagitis reflux;
- hiatal hernia;
- a stomach ulcer or 12 duodenal ulcer.
Also, light aching pain in the region of the heart sometimes appears on the background of emotional and psychological overloads, panic attacks, stress, depressive episodes. It increases with excitement, attacks of fear and anger, violent disorders.
Why is there constant dull, aching pain in the heart?
If the problem in question is long-lasting, most likely, the reasons are the progression of such heart diseases:
- cardiomyopathy ;
- mitral valve prolapse;
- arterial hypertension;
- myocardial dystrophy;
- hypertrophy of the myocardium due to acquired heart defects;
- simple cardialgia;
- false angina or pseudostenocardia.
As a rule, the pain syndrome with the above pathologies becomes more pronounced during coughing, deep sharp inhalations, exhalations, after ingestion of food or drinks.
What are the causes of pain in the region of the heart of the aching and simultaneously piercing nature?
The described clinical manifestations quite accurately indicate the presence of serious disorders in the functioning of the cardiovascular system. Among them, the following diseases most often provoke stitch-aching pain:
- angina pectoris;
- pre-infarction or myocardial infarction;
- myocarditis;
- cardiac ischemia;
- pericarditis;
- aortic dissection;
- prolonged paroxysmal cardialgia;
- thromboembolism;
- Atherosclerotic lesions of the heart vessels;
- sympathetic cardialgia;
- Marfan syndrome;
- aortic aneurysm ;
- congenital heart defects.
In addition to stitching and aching pains, these pathologies are characterized by burning, squeezing in the chest area, a feeling of lack of air, dizziness and shortness of breath.
Diagnosis and therapy of aching pain in the region of the heart
For the correct statement of the correct diagnosis, on which the subsequent treatment will depend, it is necessary to visit the cardiologist,
- electrocardiography;
- magnetic resonance imaging;
- ultrasound diagnostics;
- echocardiography;
- Electron beam tomography.
The therapeutic regimen is made in accordance with the detected diseases and the revealed causes of unpleasant sensations in the region of the heart.