Chest heaviness is also synonymously known as chest pain.



Most of the times chest pain is associated with heart attack, however, it may not be so, there might be a number of reasons for chest heaviness. It is required that instead of feeling absolutely overwhelmed with a feeling of anxiety, there should be proper check up done in case if chest heaviness occurs on a regular basis.

Chest heaviness means feeling heavy in chest, most people describe it is as if someone is holding their hearts, feeling of wringing of heart and pain in chest.



Asthma is a common cause of chest heaviness, therefore asthmatics often complain of chest heaviness especially during an asthmatic attack. Childhood asthma is another reason for chest heaviness; this can be cured when asthma is taken care of.



Adult asthma too can cause chest heaviness.


Another type of people suffering from chest heaviness are people with GERD or Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease or commonly called as heart burn. All those who include a lot of spicy food in their diet are often likely to suffer with GERD, GERD diet is recommended.



This means the food they eat should be free from high quantity of spice and oil. Following this diet will often help them get rid of chest heaviness.

Chest heaviness can be or cannot be a symptom of heart disease for this you will require to take some precautionary measures as well as keep a record of number of times you have felt chest heaviness.





If chest heaviness is accompanied by chest pain, then you should visit the doctor, the graveness of the situation can be studied when the doctor tries to identify exact cause of heaviness. People who have a family history of heart disease might feel chest heaviness since they are more like to be affected with the heart disease.

Some of the other reasons that could be likely for chest pain are, diabetes, smoking, drug abuse, high blood pressure, high level of cholesterol in blood, etc.



Causes like anxiety pleurisy, gastric ulcer, pneumonia, coughing, pulmonary embolism, etc. are all causes for chest heaviness.

With several causes it would be better not to draw conclusions regarding chest heaviness, however, if chest heaviness is accompanied by heavy pain then it would be better to visit a physician immediately. Recurring chest heaviness should be studied in detail, for your home work, you can try cutting out on spicy diet and then noting the time span of chest heaviness, this would be quite helpful for the doctor to diagnose.

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