The elderly often have chest tightness and discomfort, what should be used to relieve it?

Older people are prone to heartache, and heart pain is mainly posterior chest pain, which is a common pain in older people. The most common symptom is angina, but this pain only lasts for a few minutes and can be relieved with rest or taking nitroglycerin, what is the pain in the elderly?

What is the reason for the tightness in the old man's chest?1. Chest wall pain.

Chest wall pain can cause chest pain in one location, and the pain sensation that is constant and noticeable continues to persist, but it may repeat within five seconds. Chest wall pain occurs when people are amazed coughing, taking deep breaths, sneezing or making a sudden turn, or even a pain, but this chest wall pain will take a few weeks.

2. Anxiety caused by heartache.

The pain caused by anxiety disorders can last for hours or days, or even years, and the pain of this pain makes it impossible to pinpoint the location of the pain. Most patients will have chest tightness, common symptoms are nausea, fear of cold, Presman's fever, breathing, nausea, dizziness, hands and feet, coldness, and even paralysis of your lips.

3. Coronary heart disease.

The pain caused by coronary heart disease is pathological, the condition is very serious, when the patient walks on the stairs, it is exacerbated, and when it stops, the pain stops.

What is the ** method of coronary artery disease?1. Medications**.

It can be done by medicated methods** coronary heart disease. It is necessary to take drugs under the guidance of a doctor, but not only to relieve symptoms, stabilize the condition, but also reduce the course of development of coronary arteriosclerosis, control blood vessels.

2. Reperfusion treatment.

Reperfusion**Coronary artery disease, mainly to restore the closure of the coronary arteries, restore the perfusion of the myocardium, rescue the ischemic myocardium, and reduce the infarct area, thereby improving blood circulation to restore normal blood**.

3. Heart transplantation.

Heart transplantation is especially useful for coronary artery disease to advanced stages. Without drugs**, there is no effect through intervention**, and it cannot be corrected and repaired. Recurrent heart rate or heart failure is life-threatening, and this population should carry a heart transplant.

When angina is suspected in the elderly one should go to the hospital to take oxygen, sit or lie down, the tongue containing nitrates, and if it is caused by chest disease or pleural inflammation, it should use a relatively wide navel in the pain of pain. immobilization, which can reduce pain. Immediately go to the hospital for an electrocardiogram to treat the cause of the cause of the pain relief medication.

In the case of chest tightness, you should immediately lie down and rest, you can take nitroglycerin or fast-acting heart pills under the tongue, and immediately call the first aid** to prevent the occurrence of accidents such as myocardial infarction.

Massage ** method. If there is obvious shortness of breath and chest tightness, the patient can be massaged, and the advantage of massage is that it can dredge the meridians in a short period of time, reconcile qi and blood, and then achieve a higher ** effect. Among them, Neiguan acupoint and Shenmen acupoint are commonly used for acupuncture points with shortness of breath and chest tightness.

How to alleviate it, like this situation, is mainly the heart or lung function.

If you want to alleviate some problems, you must first go to the hospital for an electrocardiogram or a fluoroscopy of the lungs to see how the specific situation is.

In the past few days, I have been staying up late, and then since the day before yesterday, I have a little chest tightness and feel out of breath, mainly when I am lying down, it will be worse at night, and it will be better when sitting or standing. Then I went to check my body temperature three times a day, it was normal, and then I went online to find a doctor, and the doctor said that it was asthma caused by rhinitis (because I have allergic rhinitis), and then I went to buy asthma medicine, and it still didn't work after spraying, and now I don't know what to do.

First of all, we must diagnose what the cause is, so that we can prescribe the right medicine. There are many causes of chest tightness, such as myocardial ischemia, heart failure, and tracheal or lung infections. When you are older, go to the hospital for a check-up, diagnose it early, and prevent the disease from being delayed and aggravated.

This person thinks that it is still necessary to check it, whether it is a heart problem.

When the elderly have chest tightness, we must first determine the specific cause of chest tightness, and then carry out targeted **.

If chest tightness in the elderly is accompanied by palpitation, shortness of breath and other manifestations, it may be considered a heart problem, which may be caused by cardiac insufficiency or heart failure. At this time, the elderly should stop their work immediately, stop and rest in time, drink more water, increase blood volume, and if they still cannot be relieved, they should be sent to the cardiovascular department in time.

If the patient's chest tightness is accompanied by acid reflux, heartburn, etc., it may be caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease. Ask the patient to sleep with a higher pillow, eat food not too thin, dry food, and can also take some omeprazole and other stomach medicines, and those who cannot be relieved should seek medical attention in time.

Most of the symptoms of chest tightness in the elderly are related to the disease, in order to know what to pay attention to in life in the future, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for a confirmed examination, and it is better to be clear.

Go to the hospital and have an EKG.

There are many reasons for chest tightness, such as severe cold, tuberculosis, coronary heart disease, emotional instability, overwork can also cause this symptom. Chest tightness is one of the common symptoms of the elderly, so what is going on in the chest of the elderly? Professionally speaking, chest tightness in the elderly can be classified as follows:

1. Cardiogenic - chest tightness after exertion, paroxysmal dyspnea at night, seen in patients with heart disease with pulmonary congestion and cardiac insufficiency. Chest tightness can also be a manifestation of angina pectoris in coronary heart disease and myocardial ischemia. 2. Cormonary-seen in bronchial asthma, pleural effusion, spontaneous pneumothorax, pulmonary fibrosis, etc.

3. Neurological function - common in cardiovascular dysfunction. The patient feels chest tightness, shortness of breath, subjective feeling of insufficient air, poor breathing, often sighing-like breathing, and feels comfortable after breathing; Sometimes it is accompanied by palpitations, tingling in the precordial area, and neurological symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, and anxiety. The disease is mostly young women, and it is characterized by a variety of symptoms that are changeable, similar to coronary heart disease and angina, but there are no organic lesions found in various examinations such as electrocardiogram, cardiac ultrasound, etc.

**Method: 1. Mental and psychological**: that is, adjust the mentality, relax the spirit, eliminate concerns, since it is a neurological functional symptom, you don't have to worry too much, after mental conditioning, enhance physical fitness, or necessary rest and medicine**, it will gradually improve with **.

2. Physical exercise: exercise can regulate and improve the excitatory and inhibition process of the brain, adjust the brain function, in addition, exercise can significantly change people's mood, adhere to long-term exercise, can enhance physical fitness, improve cardiovascular function, enhance the regulatory function of autonomic nerves, and restore autonomic nerve function. 3. Physical examination:

In fact, with the growth of age, the physical function of the elderly continues to decline, and symptoms such as chest tightness and dizziness are more common from time to time, so timely physical examination to prevent diseases has been the most important and important means for the elderly to maintain their health. Physical examination, the most important thing when choosing a physical examination institution, only if you choose the right physical examination institution, the results of the physical examination will be guaranteed.

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