Why does my heart ache when I’m sad?

A burst of pain in the heart when you are sad may be caused by physiological factors or pathological factors that lead to insufficient blood supply to the cardiomyocytes.
1. Physiological factors: in sadness, nervousness and other emotional states, the sympathetic nerves will be more excited, so that the body’s heartbeat accelerates, blood pressure rises, resulting in an increase in myocardial oxygen consumption. If the blood supply to the heart does not increase at this time, the symptom of myocardial ischemia will occur, that is, you will feel pain. Since our emotions are always changing, the pain may be a paroxysmal attack.
2. Pathological factors: sad when the heart will be a burst of pain may also be suffering from coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease will make the lumen of the coronary arteries of the heart reduced, so that the blood supply of cardiomyocytes is insufficient, then the cardiomyocytes transient ischemia and hypoxia can appear a burst of pain symptoms.
If you experience a burst of pain in your heart when you are sad, it is recommended that you go to the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the disease and treat it under the guidance of your doctor to avoid delaying your condition.