Is it normal for an 18-year-old girl to feel tired and chest tightness?

An 18-year-old girl is in the prime of her life, and her functional development in all aspects is at the best stage. Girls are also the most youthful and energetic at the age of 18. However, some 18-year-old girls often feel tired and chest tightness, often lack energy, and are easily fatigued due to lung deficiency no matter what they do. This may be a hidden danger in their organs. So, is it normal for an 18-year-old girl to feel tired and chest tightness?

1. Disease tips for chest tightness in different groups of people

Chest tightness in children is mostly caused by congenital heart disease or mediastinal tumors; chest tightness in young people is mostly caused by spontaneous pneumothorax, mediastinal tumors, or rheumatic heart valvular disease; chest tightness in the elderly is mostly caused by emphysema, coronary heart disease, etc.

2. Causes of chest tightness and shortness of breath

1. Functional chest tightness (i.e. chest tightness without organic lesions)

Staying in a room with closed doors and windows and poor air circulation for a long time, or encountering some unpleasant things, or even having quarrels or disputes with others, or being in a climate with low air pressure, will often cause feelings of chest tightness and fatigue. After a short rest, opening windows for ventilation or going outside to breathe fresh air, relaxing your mind and regulating your emotions, you will soon return to normal. This type of chest tightness can be said to be functional chest tightness, and there is no need to worry or seek treatment.

2. Pathological chest tightness (i.e. chest tightness caused by organic lesions)

1) Respiratory obstruction: tumors growing in the trachea and bronchi, tracheal stenosis, and external pressure on the trachea (enlarged thyroid gland, tumors growing in the mediastinum).

2) Lung diseases: emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, atelectasis, pulmonary infarction, and pneumothorax.

3) Heart disease: certain congenital heart diseases, rheumatic valvular heart disease, coronary heart disease, and heart tumors.

4) Diaphragmatic diseases: diaphragmatic expansion and diaphragmatic paralysis.

5) Disturbance of fluid metabolism and acid-base balance, etc.

3. Why do you feel tired, chest tightness and shortness of breath?

Generally, this situation may be caused by a variety of reasons, such as cardiovascular disease, cardiopulmonary disease, and neurological disease, and may be accompanied by physical weakness. Taking all factors into consideration, it seems that cardiovascular disease is more serious. Generally, if accompanied by tingling pain, it usually indicates myocardial ischemia and hypoxia. In addition, consider whether there is long-term exposure to toxic chemicals and whether the diet and nutrition are reasonable, which will have a certain impact on the lesions. It may be caused by multiple causes. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for further examination and treatment.