Chest tightness after eating watermelon may be caused by acute gastric dilatation, allergy, insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle and other reasons.
1. Acute gastric dilatation: watermelon has more water, and after eating a large amount of watermelon, it is easy to cause acute gastric dilatation, which leads to overfilling of the stomach and affects the respiratory function, resulting in chest tightness and shortness of breath.
2. Allergy: some of the people who are allergic to watermelon, an allergic reaction after eating watermelon, resulting in generalized capillary spasm ischemia or capillary dilatation, plasma extravasation caused by cellular oxygen supply and blood supply insufficiency and chest tightness. Or due to allergies lead to respiratory mucosal enlargement, affecting respiratory function caused by chest tightness.
3. Insufficient blood supply to the myocardium: eating too much chilled watermelon may stimulate myocardial ischemia, aggravate the burden on the heart, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the myocardium and oxygen supply, and then respiratory difficulties in the case of chest tightness.
If you feel chest tightness after eating watermelon, you should go to the hospital in time to get a clear diagnosis and symptomatic treatment.