Panic and chest tightness in the elderly may be caused by physiological factors, but also coronary heart disease, arrhythmia and other factors, can take sublingual nitroglycerin, oral amiodarone and other medications.
1. Physiological factors: when the elderly emotional excitement or overwork, there may be panic, chest tightness, this time do not need to take drugs, avoid overwork, emotional excitement.
2. Coronary heart disease: when coronary artery atherosclerosis occurs, it will lead to myocardial ischemia resulting in chest tightness, panic feeling. It can be treated conservatively by oral antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin, clopidogrel, etc. in combination with metoprolol, bisoprolol, etc. It can also be treated by percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting.
3. Arrhythmia: Arrhythmia can also lead to chest tightness, panic and other symptoms, and can be treated with oral amiodarone, propafenone and other drugs. Arrhythmias should be treated in the hospital under the guidance of a specialized doctor.
There are many reasons for panic attacks and chest tightness, so you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, complete the relevant examinations to clarify the cause of the disease, and then take symptomatic treatment under the guidance of the doctor to avoid unauthorized use of medication.