What causes chest pain during pregnancy?

There are many things that women need to pay attention to during pregnancy, otherwise it will cause harm to themselves and the fetus. Women must control their emotions during pregnancy. Bad emotions will affect the development of the fetus and cause abnormalities in the fetus's body. So why does chest pain occur during pregnancy? Many women do not understand this. There are some reasons for this problem. Let me introduce them in detail below.

What causes chest pain during pregnancy?

1) Nature and characteristics of chest pain:

1. Characteristics of chest pain

Chest pain caused by chest wall diseases is clearly localized and may be accompanied by redness, swelling, tenderness, rash, and deformity.

2. Nature of chest pain

The chest pain caused by intercostal neuritis is paroxysmal, stabbing pain. Esophagitis causes burning pain. Tearing pain is common in dissecting aneurysms.

3. Location of chest pain

Pain behind the sternum is common with angina pectoris. Left anterior chest pain can also be angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, or left-sided pneumonia. Chest pain radiating to the left shoulder is often angina pectoris.

2) Common diseases that cause chest pain:

1. Pleural diseases

Such as pleurisy, pneumothorax, lung infection, pulmonary infarction, lung tumor, esophageal disease, mediastinal tumor, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, etc. The chest pain caused by these diseases is related to breathing and coughing. Chest pain worsens with deep breathing and coughing, often accompanied by difficulty breathing. Chest pain is localized to the side of the lesion.

After understanding what causes chest pain during pregnancy, conservative treatment should be chosen to improve it. If it is caused by a disease, women need to follow the doctor's advice in treatment. This will greatly help relieve the problem of chest pain during pregnancy and prevent the problem from continuing to develop.