How can I tell if my chest pain is from breathing?

The most typical feature of respiratory chest pain is that the chest pain symptom correlates with the patient’s breathing status of exhalation, inhalation, coughing and deep inhalation. Conversely, this chest pain symptom disappears or diminishes when holding the breath.
Therefore, when chest pain occurs, you can try to change your breathing dynamics. If the pain symptoms increase when you inhale deeply and cough, and decrease when you hold your breath, you can initially determine that your chest pain is a breathing chest pain.