Back pain, chest tightness and shortness of breath may be caused by cardiovascular system diseases, respiratory system diseases, digestive system diseases and other diseases.
1. Cardiovascular system diseases: such as unstable angina, acute infarction, due to myocardial ischemia, hypoxia, back pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath and other discomforts; such as thoracic aortic aneurysm, involving the spine, nerves will cause back pain, compression of the trachea can produce chest tightness, shortness of breath.
2. Diseases of respiratory system: such as lung infection, when the lung infection is heavy, the lung ventilation obstacle, which causes chest tightness, shortness of breath, when the infection spreads to near the back, it can also cause back pain; such as pleurisy, which is often accompanied by pleural effusion, the effusion on the lungs to produce pressure can produce chest tightness, shortness of breath and other discomforts, and at the same time will be accompanied by back and chest pain.
3. Digestive system diseases: such as gastric perforation, perforation of the stomach wall can cause epigastric pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath and other discomforts, when the perforation of the stomach wall to stimulate the pancreatic pericardium or the nerves of the back, can also cause back pain; such as gastroesophageal reflux, due to reflux of gastric contents will stimulate the mucosa of the esophagus, so that it is damaged, resulting in tightness in the chest, shortness of breath and other discomforts, but also accompanied by chest pain, the pain can be radiated to the back.
There are many other causes of back pain and chest tightness and shortness of breath, such as esophageal tumor, lung cancer, pneumothorax, cholelithiasis, cervical spondylosis, ankylosing spondylitis and so on. It is recommended to consult a doctor in time to complete the relevant examination, to clarify the cause of the disease and treat it.