What’s going on? It’s like a big slab of rock on my chest.

Chest like a stone clinically known as chest congestion, may be physiological, may also be pathological factors such as heart disease, lung disease, digestive system diseases and chest injury. 1. Physiological factors: such as overwork, sleep deprivation, etc. may cause a decline in resistance, symptoms of neurasthenia, accompanied by chest congestion, to ensure adequate rest symptoms can be gradually relieved. 2. Pathological factors (1) heart disease: such as coronary artery disease patients may appear coronary artery stenosis phenomenon, under the influence of strenuous exercise, overexertion, emotional excitement and other factors, there may be myocardial ischemia symptoms, which is manifested in the anterior region of the heart pressure-like pain and chest congestion. (2) Lung diseases: such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, etc., there may be symptoms such as coughing, coughing up sputum, dyspnea, etc., and a feeling of tightness in the chest may also occur. If there is also a sudden pain in the chest followed by symptoms of chest tightness, it is considered to be related to spontaneous pneumothorax. (3) Digestive system diseases: such as reflux esophagitis, chronic gastritis, esophageal hiatal hernia, etc. can cause gastric acid reflux to stimulate the chest with symptoms such as heartburn and chest tightness. (4) Chest injuries: soft tissue injuries such as sternum or costal cartilage can cause chest tightness and congestion, mostly accompanied by pain after activities. Therefore, if the feeling of chest tightness and congestion is not relieved or even aggravated after rest, it is recommended to consult the doctor in time to improve the electrocardiogram, chest X-ray and other examinations to find out the cause of the problem and then treat it positively so as to avoid delaying the condition.