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Psychogenic conditions such as anxiety disorders, panic disorders, and hyperventilation syndrome may cause chest pain. [20] [22] Some gastroenterology conditions may be associated with costochondritis-like chest pain such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, and esophagitis. [22] Vitamin D deficiency can be a differential diagnosis for ...
Psychogenic causes of chest pain can include panic attacks; however, this is a diagnosis of exclusion. [12] In children, the most common causes for chest pain are musculoskeletal (76–89%), exercise-induced asthma (4–12%), gastrointestinal illness (8%), and psychogenic causes (4%). [13] Chest pain in children can also have congenital causes.
The most common causes of dyspnea are cardiac (cardiac asthma) [10] and pulmonary conditions, like congestive heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, COPD, or pneumonia. [9] Less commonly, some cases of dyspnea can be attributed to neuromuscular diseases of the chest wall or anxiety.
Spells of pain usually last less than a few minutes. Typically it begins at rest and other symptoms are absent. Concerns about the condition may result in anxiety. [1] The underlying cause is unclear. Some believe the pain may be from the chest wall or irritation of an intercostal nerve. [1] [2] Risk factors include psychological stress. [2]
Another possible cause of chest pain that you can reproduce easily is costochondritis, which happens when the cartilage around your ribs becomes inflamed, the Mayo Clinic says. And it most often ...
Night time anxiety can cause you to wake up at an unusually early hour (say, 3 a.m.), feel like you haven’t had enough sleep, and then feel pressure to go back to sleep, explains Virginia Runko ...
Panic attacks are associated with many different symptoms, with a person experiencing at least four of the following symptoms: increased heart rate, chest pain, palpitations (i.e. feeling like your heart is pounding out of your chest), difficulty breathing, choking sensation, nausea, abdominal pain, dizziness, lightheadedness (i.e. feeling like ...
Unfortunately, the answer is quite broad—there are so many medical conditions that can cause pain in the chest. It can be as simple as a pulled muscle or as complicated as pulmonary embolism ...