The common causes of chest tightness and vague pain in the heart area include angina pectoris, cardiac neurosis, intercostal neuralgia, etc. The treatments include medication, physical therapy, and extracorporeal therapy.
Angina pectoris: paroxysmal crushing pain in the posterior part of the sternum or a sense of suffocation, which can be radiated to the precordial area and the left upper limb, lasting from several minutes to more than ten minutes, mostly for 3 to 5 minutes, exertion, emotional stress, full meals can be triggered or aggravated. Rest or sublingual nitroglycerin can relieve.
2. Cardiac neurosis: cardiovascular disease with heart dysfunction without obvious organic lesions. The manifestations are palpitation, precordial pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath and so on. Psychotherapy is the main, can be supplemented with haloperidol melittin tablets and other anti-anxiety, antidepressant drugs to reduce the patient’s tension, anxiety.
3. Intercostal neuralgia: the nerve innervating the chest or ribs episodic pain. If the pain is obvious, the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as meloxicam and celecoxib can be used for analgesia. Local nerve block therapy is an effective method, other physical therapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation therapy can be symptomatic treatment.
The symptoms of chest tightness and vague pain in the heart area, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and standardize the treatment under the guidance of the doctor. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor.