I feel chest tightness before my period, as if I am lacking oxygen.

I feel chest tightness before my period, as if I am lacking oxygen.

In this nature, whether it is animals, plants or humans, breathing is essential. The respiratory tract is particularly important to nature. When you feel that you are having difficulty breathing, such as when there is a lack of oxygen, it means that there may be a problem with your respiratory tract. So, why do you feel difficulty breathing and lack of oxygen? Let’s take a look together.

1. Organic reasons

(1) Cardiac chest tightness and shortness of breath: chest tightness and shortness of breath, dyspnea after fatigue, or paroxysmal dyspnea at night. The patient may wake up from sleep due to suffocation. It is common in patients with heart disease who have pulmonary congestion and heart failure. Chest tightness and shortness of breath can also be a major manifestation of angina pectoris when myocardial ischemia occurs in coronary heart disease.

(2) Pulmonary chest tightness and shortness of breath: common in bronchial asthma, pleural effusion, spontaneous pneumothorax, pulmonary fibrosis, etc.

2. Neural Multifunctionality

It is common in neurological disorders caused by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The patient has chest tightness and shortness of breath, subjective feeling of insufficient air, difficulty breathing, sighing-like breathing, and feeling comfortable after long exhaust. Sometimes it is also accompanied by palpitations, stabbing pain in the precordial area, as well as fatigue, dizziness, confusion, fear, anxiety, sweating, insomnia and other neurological symptoms. This disease mostly occurs in young women. Its characteristic is that the symptoms are diverse and easy to occur, similar to coronary heart disease and angina pectoris, but no organic disease was found in electrocardiogram, cardiac B-ultrasound and other tests.

In addition, organic chest tightness and shortness of breath mostly occur after exercise or fatigue, while functional chest tightness and shortness of breath mostly occur during rest; organic chest tightness and shortness of breath can be significantly improved after standing up, while functional chest tightness often does not change due to changes in posture. The mechanism of functional chest tightness is autonomic nervous system imbalance and decreased central nervous system function, which leads to a series of endocrine system symptoms and manifestations.

The above is some relevant content about why you feel difficulty breathing and lack of oxygen. I hope everyone can read the article carefully and keep these possible symptoms in mind. If you experience similar symptoms in your body, please check carefully and seek medical attention immediately. Here, I wish everyone can avoid respiratory diseases!

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