Any kind of discomfort or pain arising in the front part of the body between the neck and upper abdomen which can range from a very mild to severe life-threatening pain, is said to be a chest pain.
Types of chest pain
Stable angina
Predictable and caused due to reduced flow of blood to the heart causing a lack of oxygen to heart muscles.
Unstable angina
Unpredictable and caused due to stress or exertion. This type of chest pain worsens with time.
Pericarditis
The inflammation of thin membrane of tissues surrounding the heart causes them to start rubbing against each other which may cause chest pain known as pericarditis..
Pneumothorax
When air gets filled between the lungs and the chest wall, it causes the lung to collapse.
Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle, causing the heart muscle to become enlarged, thick or rigid. In rare cases, the muscle tissue in the heart is replaced with scar tissue.
Chest pain associated with UA is new onset, occurs at rest, or has a worsening pattern.
Congestive Heart Failure is when the heart's pumping power is weaker than normal. It does not mean the heart has stopped working. The blood moves through the heart and body at a slower rate, and pressure in the heart increases. This means; the heart cannot pump enough oxygen and nutrients to meet the body's needs. The chambers of the heart respond by stretching to hold more blood to pump through the body or by becoming more stiff and thickened. This only keeps the blood moving for a short while. The heart muscle walls weaken and are unable to pump as strongly. This makes the kidneys respond by causing the body to retain fluid and sodium. When the body builds up with fluids, it becomes congested. Many conditions can cause heart failure, and they are Coronary artery disease, Heart attack, Cardiomyopathy, and conditions that overwork the heart.
Angina is pain felt in the chest area as a result of lack of inadequate supply to the myocardium (Better Health Channel, 2013) Atherosclerosis or the hardening and narrowing of arteries caused by the build-up of plaques, the insufficient supply of oxygen and its increasing demand are some of the factors that can cause ischemia in the myocardium (Lewis et al., 2012). When there is a total blockage of the coronary arteries for a few minutes, the myocardium cannot receive oxygen and glucose for aerobic metabolism thus anaerobic metabolism occurs (Lewis et al., 2012). The lactic acid builds up and stimulates the nerve fibres in the myocardium resulting to chest pain (Lewis et al., 2012). The cells are repaired and the aerobic metabolism and the contractility of the arteries are restored when there is return of blood flow (Lewis et al., 2012)
HPI: 45-year-old male with past medical history of hypercholesterolemia and hypertension who presented with chest pain. Patient had been moving furniture with his wife all morning. After some time he developed chest
“Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood through to meet the body's needs for blood and oxygen” (American Heart Association, 2012, para 3). What this basically means is that the body is functioning in a way that the heart cannot keep up with. Although heart failure can be acute and occur suddenly, it usually develops over time and is a long-term or chronic condition. There are two different types of heart failure, left-sided and right-sided, and they can be caused by other diseases such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, or high blood pressure (National Institutes of Health, 2012). In most cases, both sides of the heart are affected simultaneously.
They also feel twinges in the chest. The pain is caused by inflammation of the pleura charged. Typically the annoying perception is localized in the area affected by inflammation, although it can be felt in even more distant regions of the body, such as the abdomen or base thoracic, neck or shoulder.
It’s caused by high blood pressure, smoking, or high cholesterol. That damage leads to the formation of plaque. When bad cholesterol, or LDL, crosses the damaged endothelium, the cholesterol enters the wall of the artery. That causes your white blood cells to stream in to digest the LDL. Over years, cholesterol and cells become plaque in the wall of the artery (WebMed). This proves me that the plaques create a hard wall inside the artery, also as the atherosclerosis progresses the wall is going to be more bigger with the time, and doesn’t just affects your heart, it also affects all your body with risk of getting more sick, the possibilities for a stroke increments and other health problems too. This are just some of the causes for this illness, there also stress, the type of diet you are in, the workflow, in case of being a student, school, exams, social life, etc. can be also factors for the illness to progress more as you get older and you don’t do a change to benefit yourself and be
Cardiomegaly is defined by MayoClinic as an enlarged heart. It is not a disease, but rather a symptom of another condition. The term "cardiomegaly" most commonly refers to an enlarged heart seen on chest X-ray before other tests are performed to diagnose the specific condition causing cardiomegaly. A person may develop an enlarged heart temporarily because of a stress on the body, such as pregnancy, or because of a medical condition, such as the weakening of the heart muscle, coronary artery disease, heart valve problems or abnormal heart rhythms.
Complications that affect this mechanism of the heart to become overfilled causes stretching of the
Acute means to happen suddenly. There are many symptoms of a heart attack. The most typical symptom is chest pain. The other symptoms can range from, mouth pain, headache, trouble breathing nausea, vomiting, sweating, heartburn, pain in left arm, or no symptoms at all! Make sure the victim avoids excessive movement and is calm to keep symptoms steady. A healthcare provider helps diagnose a heart attack based on the patient 's medical history, an electrocardiogram to look for abnormalities the heart and blood testing for abnormal enzymes levels in blood. For immediate treatment you will be put on a heart monitor and given oxygen and IV line filled with nitroglycerin and morphine to reduce pain. Abnormal heartbeats are treated electric shocks and most likely medicine. Some patients may also have need to have heart bypass surgery to open blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. This procedure is called open heart
Buildup of calcium around the valve. This can occur with aging. This is the most common cause of aortic stenosis.
Subcutaneous emphysema is when “air gets into tissues under the skin” (MedlinePlus, 2016). Typically seen around the chest wall or the neck. A nurse would assess for it by touching the skin and feeling for bubbles that make an abnormal crackling sound. The nurse also may see a bulging from under the skin (bubbles).
Signs and symptoms come along with any disease, some symptoms may be noticeable but sometimes there's just no symptoms at all. The common symptom for Coronary Heart Disease is chest pain and/or discomfort. This happens when the heart is not getting oxygen and blood. How strong the chest pains are varies from patient to patient. The chest pains my feel like the heart is being squeezed. The pain may be felt below the sternum but also in the neck, arms, stomach, and upper back. The chest pain usually occurs when the patient is doing activities or is in motion but it goes away with rest or a medicine called Nitroglycerin. Other symptoms are sho...
Heart is a muscle that pumps blood to every organ to maintain oxygen and nutrients to provide body to energy in order to keep health body. It's about the size of your fist, which is located in the left of center in our chest. If it does not work properly, it causes what is known heart failure, a disease that occurs when heart does pump blood adequately to meet body’s need. Heart failure is divided two main parts, right sided heart failure and left sided heart failure. Patient with right sided heart failure experience symptoms such as swelling in the feet