Chest pain on the left is pain sensations of a compressive, stabbing, pressing nature, which are localized in the left half of the chest. Most often, the symptom is caused by coronary and non-coronary heart diseases, pain is observed with inflammation of the left lung and pleura, collagenosis, and gastrointestinal pathology. To establish the cause of the pain syndrome, an ECG, ultrasound of the heart, chest x-ray, clinical and bacteriological studies are performed, and invasive diagnostic methods are used. Nitroglycerin and NSAIDs are used to relieve pain, etiotropic drugs are selected after the underlying disease is identified.
Chest pain (thoracalgia) is pain in the chest of varying nature and intensity. Soreness often radiates to the arm, shoulder blade, collarbone. The symptom occurs during pathological processes in the lungs, mediastinal organs, with damage to the heart, neuromuscular apparatus. Sometimes the chest hurts in diseases of the abdominal organs. To establish the cause of thoracalgia, ultrasound and X-ray of the chest organs, EGDS are performed, the abdominal cavity is examined, and laboratory tests are prescribed. To relieve pain, analgesics, NSAIDs, physiotherapy methods are used.
Chest pain is pain that is located in the middle of the chest. The symptom is accompanied by difficulty breathing, interruptions in the work of the heart. Soreness occurs in diseases of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, hyperacid conditions, tumors of the mediastinum. To determine the cause of retrosternal pain, an ECG, ultrasound of the heart, radiography, and laboratory tests are performed. To stop unpleasant symptoms, prescribe antianginal drugs, antacids, anti-inflammatory drugs.
Pain under the left shoulder blade is observed in musculoskeletal pathology (osteochondrosis, myofascial syndrome, injuries), heart diseases (myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, rheumatic and non-rheumatic carditis), gastrointestinal diseases (pancreatitis, stomach ulcer). Rare causes of a symptom include damage to the spleen, abscesses, and skin neoplasms. Diagnostic methods are selected based on the underlying syndrome: X-ray, ultrasound and endoscopic studies are used. To relieve pain, analgesics are prescribed, after which medical or surgical treatment of the underlying disease is carried out.
Heaviness in the chest appears with psycho-emotional disorders (stress, panic, depression), diseases of the circulatory system (CHD, pericarditis and myocarditis, cardiomyopathy), respiration (pneumonia, bronchial asthma, tuberculosis). Diagnostic search includes standard instrumental methods: ECG and Holter monitoring, echocardiography, chest x-ray. To clarify what caused the heaviness in the chest area, they also carry out invasive diagnostics - coronary angiography, puncture, scintigraphy. Relief of symptoms is usually performed by medical methods, surgical interventions are less often used.