What’s the cause of chest colic?

If the patient has chest colic, which usually belongs to one of the differential diagnosis of chest pain, high-risk chest pain must be ruled out first, regardless of whether the patient is male or female, the high-risk causes of chest colic are as follows: 1. unstable angina pectoris; 2. tension pneumothorax; 3. pulmonary artery embolism; and 4. aortic coarctation. If any of the above causes occurs, it is important to go to the hospital immediately so as not to delay the condition. Intermediate-risk chest colic has unstable angina of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, or the patient develops acute myocarditis, pericarditis, endocarditis will also have chest colic. In addition, lobar pneumonia or pleural effusion can cause chest colic. Mildly dangerous causes of chest colic include costochondritis, herpes zoster, osteoarthralgia, and in female patients, lobular hyperplasia of the breast, mastitis, and breast occupancy can also involve the chest and cause colic.