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Chest
pain in adults can be caused by many things:
- heart problems
- lung problems
- intestinal track
problems
- chest wall muscle,
ligament, cartilage or bone problems
- stress and anxiety
Most of the time,
the chest pain is not caused by a serious health problem. Sometimes,
however, the cause is serious and life threatening.
Visit the OUCC
or the Emergency Department immediately if ...
- your chest pain
gets worse
- your chest pain
does not start to get better within 1 day
- you get a fever
- you faint or
become very dizzy
- you are breathing
very rapidly and are gasping, and feel you are not getting enough
air
- you start to
sweat a lot
- you have numbness
in, or cannot move, your arms and/or legs
call 911
Do NOT
drive a car yourself with these symptoms.
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Go
to an Emergency Department immediately if you have any of the
following problems:
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you have severe chest pain, especially if the pain is a heavy
pressure or crushing, and spreads to your jaw, neck, arms and/or
back
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you have severe chest pain with sweating, nausea or shortness
of breath
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