Chest Heaviness Signs and Treatments:

Heaviness in the chest accompanied by difficulty breathing could indicate that your chest is filled with fluid. What this fluid is the main question, as mucus filling the lungs would indicate that you have a lung infection but if your lungs are filled with some other fluid then it could be a case of pulmonary edema. Both of these conditions are serious as you could end up choking in your sleep. If one suffers from any of these symptoms then one should rush to seek medical help. Pulmonary edema is a condition that is usually a symptom of a much larger problem like heart failure, hypertension, or kidney failure. Two commonalities in these conditions are the accumulation of excess fluid in the body and the inability of the heart to function to remove liquid.

Infection of the lungs is usually the primary cause of a heaviness of the chest but there could be a myriad number of reasons for the problem as well. Nearly all lung diseases and diseases affecting the bronchial airways will give rise to the feeling of heaviness in the chest. This can include allergic reactions, Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disorder, emphysema, and cystic fibrosis. All of these conditions will also manifest in a shortness of breath, wheezing and in any exercise causing immediate fatigue. Cystic fibrosis is a genetically acquired disease that has no cure. The disease represents itself with an abnormal amount of activity in the glands of secretion – mostly the sweat glands and mucus membranes. COPD is a disorder that affects people who smoke, are around smokers, or are in a highly polluted environment. Emphysema is a condition that is an offshoot of COPD that is manifest in coughing and shortness of breath after the air sacs of the lungs have been filled with pollutant, effectively killing the lung tissue.

Dealing with fluid accumulation in lungs after you have been diagnosed for it requires that you reduce fluid volumes in the body by using diuretics. Diuretics in the herbal world come in the form of the commonly available coffee. Increasing the amount of coffee daily has a significant effect on the fluid volumes in your body. Another potent diuretic is horseradish and wasabi. Dealing with lung infections require the use of garlic as an antibiotic, ginger, feverfew, turmeric, and chill as anti-inflammatory. It is also advisable to increase the intake of black pepper, as pepper has the ability to stop the liver from breaking down the other important herbs, allowing for greater action time in the body.