Chest pain like a fork in the air may be a physiological phenomenon, may also be the symptoms of certain diseases, such as angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and other diseases will lead to chest pain like a fork in the air, should be timely consultation to identify the cause.
1. Physiological reasons: patients in the strenuous exercise, due to the strenuous exercise easily lead to chest muscle spasm, there will be ischemic and hypoxic pain, thus appearing the symptoms of the fork in the air, or due to respiratory spasm. Symptoms of breathlessness caused by physiological reasons can be relieved after rest, and no special treatment is needed.
2. Pathologic causes:
(1) Angina pectoris: the main clinical symptom of angina pectoris is episodic pain, which is mostly manifested as crushing pain in the chest.
(2) Myocardial infarction: Myocardial infarction is mainly characterized by sudden onset of pressing pain in the precordial region that lasts for more than 30 minutes.
It is suggested that if the patient has forked pain in the chest, which cannot be relieved after resting, he should go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition. And pay more attention to rest and avoid strenuous exercise during treatment.