Chest pain
Chest pain: Introduction
Chest pain can be a symptom of a variety of mild to serious disorders, diseases or conditions. Chest pain can result from infection, infarction, inflammation, trauma, malignancy and other abnormal processes.
Chest pain can occur in any age group or population. Chest pain is often associated with a heart attack and other types of heart disease, but it can also occur with a wide variety of other diseases, disorders and conditions. For example, chest pain can result from a relatively mild to moderate condition that is easy to resolve, such as drinking too much coffee, hyperventilation or an anxiety attack.
Chest pain can also be a symptom of serious or life-threatening respiratory conditions. These include pneumothorax, pneumonia acute bronchitis, bronchiolitis, asthma, COPD, pulmonary embolism and pulmonary edema and lung cancer. Chest pain can also occur as a result of conditions of other body systems, such as the gastrointestinal system. For more details about causes, see causes of chest pain.
Depending on the cause, chest pain can be short-term and disappear quickly, such as when chest pain occurs during hyperventilation or when breathing in very cold air. Chest pain can also occur in sudden, severe episodes, such as chest pain that happens with heart attack or pulmonary embolism. Chest pain can also be chronic and ongoing over a long period of time, such as when it is due to COPD or lung cancer.
Chest pain often occurs in conjunction with other symptoms, which vary depending on the underlying disease, disorder or condition. Other common symptoms include shortness of breath, palpitations, cough, fever, abnormal vital signs, rapid breathing (tachypnea) and labored breathing (dyspnea). Complications of some underlying causes of chest pain can be life-threatening and include low oxygen levels and high carbon dioxide levels in the body, sepsis, shock, cardiac arrhythmias, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest and death.
Diagnosing chest pain and its root cause begins with taking a thorough personal and family medical history, including symptoms, and completing a physical examination.
Depending on the suspected cause of chest pain, blood tests may include a complete blood count, which can reveal in infectious process, and cardiac assays, which can reveal a cardiac condition. An EKG and chest X-ray are also performed if the cause of chest pain is suspected to be due to heart disease or a respiratory disease. Continuous cardiac monitoring is also done to watch for cardiac arrhythmias.
An exam also includes listening with a stethoscope to the sounds that the heart and lungs make. Certain types of heart sounds, such as a murmur, point to some underlying causes of chest pain, such as mitral valve prolapse. Certain lung sounds point to some underlying causes of chest pain. For example, wheezing may indicate asthma, and a bubbling sound may point to congestive heart failure or pneumonia.
Other important tests include a noninvasive test called a pulse oximetry is generally performed. This involves clipping a painless device to the fingertip, which can measure the amount of oxygen in the blood.
Depending on the suspected cause of chest pain, other tests can include additional blood tests, culture and sensitivity tests, pulmonary function test, and imaging tests, such as CT scan, nuclear scans, and MRI.
A diagnosis of chest pain and its cause can easily be delayed or missed because chest pain may be mild or vague and for other reasons. For information on misdiagnosis, refer to misdiagnosis of chest pain.
Treatment of chest pain involves diagnosing and treating the underlying disease, disorder or condition that is causing it. Some conditions can be easily and successfully treated and cured, while others may require more intensive treatment and may not have an optimal prognosis. For more information on treatment, refer to treatment of chest pain....more »
Chest pain: Chest pain is an extremely serious symptom because
it may indicate an immediate heart attack,
but can have less serious causes such as heartburn, reflux, GERD, etc.
Because of the risk of heart attack,...more »
Chest pain: Misdiagnosis
Diagnosing chest pain and its cause may be delayed or missed because in some cases, chest pain may be vague not and/or not severe enough for a person to seek medical care. Chest pain of a heart attack may be experienced in a wide variety of forms. Typical types of chest pain include epigastric pain, chest squeezing, chest pressure, crushing chest pain and ...more misdiagnosis »
There are literally hundreds of causes of chest pain,
but some are more commonly misdiagnosed than others.
The first concern with any type of chest pain (or chest discomfort)
is to rule out heart attack, which is often missed.
Heart attack is often misdiagnosed in patients with the less
typical profile (older white male), such as African Americans or women,
where heart attacks can ...more misdiagnosis »
Causes of Chest pain:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Chest pain.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
See full list of 1053
causes of Chest pain
» Review Causes of Chest pain:
Causes | Assessment Questionnaire »
Home Diagnostic Testing and Chest pain
Home medical tests possibly related to Chest pain:
Causes of Types of Chest pain:
Review the causes of these more specific types of Chest pain:
Review causes of types of Chest pain in more specific categories:
Review causes of more specific types of Chest pain:
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types for Chest pain
Chest pain Treatments
Treatment plans for chest pain are individualized depending on the underlying cause, the presence of coexisting diseases, the age and medical history of the patient, and other factors. Treatment generally involves a multifaceted plan that addresses the cause, eases the pain, decreases the risk of developing serious complications, and helps a person to rest comfortably and ...Chest pain Treatments
Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Chest pain may include:
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Stories from Users for Chest pain
Real-life user stories relating to Chest pain:
- Chest pain and shortness of breath
- Chest pain/breathing/flutters/burping
- Muscle wasting, fatigue, chest pain, itchy skin.
- Chest Pain/Pain While Breathing
- sinus headache & eye area pain
- Pain on left side of chest when I inhale...
- palpitations, lightheadedness, heavy-feeling limbs, no diagnosis for 2+ years!
- Chest Pain....still!!
- Right side chest pain
- Occasional chest pain with minor difficulty breathing
- Left sided chest pain, help appreciated
- Shortness of Breath/Chest Pain/Heavy feeling in chest
- Face/Neck/Chest pain for over 3 yrs after dental procedure
- What could this chest pain be..?
- Bed-ridden, very weak, chest pains
- Chest Pain,pounding Just By Moving
- neck, chest, lower area around my mouth: skin disorder! help me!
- chest pains
- Lump sencation in throat/chest area
- Constant Chest Pain
Message Boards for Chest pain
Symptom specific forums:
The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards
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Diagnostic tests for Chest pain:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Chest pain. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- General appearance e.g. pale and sweating must consider heart attack, dissecting aneurysm or pulmonary embolism
- Blood pressure - if significantly high must consider dissecting aneurysm, but may also occasionally be significantly high in heart attack.
- Pulses including radial (at wrist) and femoral (in groin) - check rate, regularity and for the absence of femoral pulse in dissecting aneurysm.
- more tests...»
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diagnostic tests for Chest pain
Chest pain: Animations
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Medications or substances causing Chest pain:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Chest pain as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Chest pain
Drug interactions causing Chest pain:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Chest pain as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Dymelor and alcohol interaction
- Diabinese and alcohol interaction
- Amaryl and alcohol interaction
- Glucotrol and alcohol interaction
- Glucotrol XL and alcohol interaction
- DiaBeta and alcohol interaction
- Glynase PresTab and alcohol interaction
- Micronase and alcohol interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Chest pain
Causes of General Symptom Types
Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Chest pain
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Chest pain:
Assessment Questionnaire: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the
symptom: Chest pain. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic
tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not
be performed depending on the suspected condition)
Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is
important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an
accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all
medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any
specialist you see.
Create your printable checklist here.
See Chest pain Assessment Questionnaire (16
listings)
Chest pain: Deaths
Read more about causes and Chest pain deaths.
Misdiagnosis and Chest pain
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations
and rapid heartbeat.
In rare...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed,
leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed.
People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack,
whereas there are various less dangerous...read more »
Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps,
particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes.
However, there are...read more »
Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue
with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure.
The "cuff" around...read more »
Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often
misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its...read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency
is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis).
See symptoms of Vitamin B12...read more »
Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases
are difficult to diagnose.
Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma or lung cancer often fail to be diagnosed early.
Some of the chronic...read more »
Read more about Misdiagnosis and Chest pain
Chest pain: Research Related Doctors & Specialists
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Chest pain: Related Rare Diseases
Rare types of medical conditions and diseases in related medical categories:
Chest pain: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
Causes of Chest pain listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Chest pain as a symptom include:
See full list of 1053
causes of Chest pain
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Definitions of Chest pain:
Pressure, burning, or numbness in the chest.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Pain in the chest
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Organs affected by Chest pain:
The list of organs typically affected by Chest pain may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Chest pain
The list below shows some of the causes of Chest pain mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Chest pain
How Common are these Causes of Chest pain?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Chest pain.
Of the 1053
causes of Chest pain that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 20
causes are "very common" diseases
- 19
causes are "common" diseases
- 13
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 3
causes are "rare" diseases
- 31
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 1010
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 1053
causes of Chest pain
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Chest pain:
The following list of conditions
have 'Chest pain' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which
include a symptom of Chest pain or choose View All.
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- Accelerated hypertension
... chest pains
- Accelerated silicosis
... chest pain
- Achalasia
... chest pain
- Achalasia, familial esophageal
... chest pain
- Achalasia, primary
... chest pain
- Achrestic anemia
... chest pain
- Acid-Base Imbalance
... chest pain
- Acinic cell carcinoma
... flank pain
- Actinomycetales infection
... chest pain
- Acute Bronchitis
... chest pain, pressure behind breastbone
- Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage
... chest pain
- Acute megacaryoblastic leukemia
... chest pain
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 1
... chest pain
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 2
... chest pain
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 3
... chest pain
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 4
... chest pain
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5
... chest pain
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 7
... chest pain
- Acute myelocytic leukemia
... chest pain
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to alkylating agent
... chest pain
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to topoisomerase type II inhibitor
... chest pain
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, therapy related
... chest pain
- Acute myeloid leukemia
... chest pain
- Acute myeloid leukemia, adult
... chest pain
- Acute non lymphoblastic leukemia
... chest pain
- Acute Silicosis
... chest pain
- Acute Tracheitis
... Chest pain
- Adenocarcinoma of lung
... chest pain
- Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar
... chest pain
- Adenosine triphosphatase deficiency, anaemia due to
... chest pain
- Adrenal adenoma, familial
... chest pain
- Adrenal Cancer
... chest pain
- Adrenal gland hyperfunction
... chest pain
- Adrenal hypertension
... chest pains
- Adrenal incidentaloma
... chest pain
- Adrenal medulla neoplasm
... chest pain
- Adult Panic-Anxiety Syndrome
... chest pain
- Adult-onset asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Air embolism
... chest pain
- Airborne allergy
... chest tightness
- Allergic asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Alveolar Hydatid Disease
... chest pain
- Amphetamine-induced hypertension
... chest pains
- Amyloid cardiopathy
... angina
- Anemia of pregnancy
... chest pain
- Anemia, Hemolytic, Warm Antibody
... chest pain
- Anemia, Sideroblastic
... chest pain on exertion
- Anemias, Sideroblastic
... chest pain on exertion
- Angina
... chest pain, brief chest pain episodes, chest discomfort, chest tightness
- Angiofollicular ganglionic hyperplasia
... chest pain
- Angiofollicular ganglionic hyperplasia -- hyaline-vascular type
... chest pain
- Angiofollicular lymph hyperplasia
... chest pain, chest pressure
- Angiosarcoma
... chest pain
- Ankylostomiasis
... epigastric pain
- Anthracosis
... chest pain
- Anxiety
... chest pain
- Anxiety attack
... chest pain
- Anxiety disorders
... chest pain
- Aorta conditions
... Chest pain
- Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 1
... chest pain
- Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 2
... chest pain
- Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 3
... chest pain
- Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 4
... chest pain
- Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 5
... chest pain
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
... chest pain
- Aortic stenosis
... Chest pain, angina-type pain
- Aortic valve disease
... angina
- Aortic valve incompetence
... chest pain
- Aortic valve stenosis
... chest pain, angina-type pain
- Aortic valves stenosis of the child
... chest pain
- Arterial occlusive disease
... chest pain, chest discomfort
- Arteriosclerosis Obliterans
... chest pain
- Arthritis-related enthesitis
... chest wall pain
- Asbestosis
... chest pain
- Aspirin-induced asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Asthma
... chest tightness
- Asthma in Adults
... chest pain, chest tightness
- Asthma in Children
... chest pain, chest tightness
- Asthma in pregnancy
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Asthma, Exercise-Induced
... chest pain, chest tightness
- Asthma-like conditions
... chest pain, chest tightness
- Asthmatic Bronchitis
... chest tightness
- Asymmetric septal hypertrophy
... chest discomfort
- Atheroma
... Chest pain
- Atherosclerosis
... angina
- Atopic asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Atrial arrhythmia
... chest pain
- Atrial Fibrillation
... chest pain
- Atrial fibrillation, familial 1
... chest pain
- Atrial Fibrillation, Familial 2
... chest pain
- Atrial Fibrillation, Familial 3
... chest pain
- Atrial Fibrillation, Familial 4
... chest pain
- Atrial Fibrillation, Familial 5
... chest pain
- Atrial Fibrillation, Familial 6
... chest pain
- Atrial Fibrillation, Familial 7
... chest pain
- Atrial Fibrillation, Familial 8
... chest pain
- Atrial flutter
... chest pain
- Atrial myxoma, familial
... chest pain
- Austrian syndrome
... chest pain
- Autoimmune Atherosclerosis
... Chest pain
- Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Autoimmune Myocarditis
... chest pain, Chest discomfort
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
... chest pain
B
C
- Calcific aortic disease with immunologic abnormalities, familial
... chest pain
- Callistin shellfish poisoning
... epigastric pain, tight chest sensation
- Carbon disulfide-induced cardiovascular disease
... angina
- Cardiac diverticulum
... chest pain
- Cardiac hydatid cysts with intracavitary expansion
... chest pain
- Cardiac malformation
... chest pain
- Cardiac tamponade
... chest pain
- Cardiac valvular dysplasia, X-linked
... chest pain
- Cardiomyopathy -- hypogonadism -- metabolic anomalies
... chest pain
- Cardiomyopathy -- spherocytosis
... chest pain
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 2A
... chest pain
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 3B
... chest pain
- Cardiomyopathy due to anthracyclines
... chest pain
- Cardiomyopathy, familial dilated
... chest pain
- Cardiospasm
... chest pain
- Cardiovascular Disease
... chest pain, chest discomfort
- Carukia barnesi sting
... chest pain
- Catamenial pneumothorax
... severe chest pain
- Celiac artery stenosis from compression by median arcuate ligament of diaphragm
... epigastric pain
- Centriacinar Emphysema
... Chest pains
- Cephalosporin-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosus
... angina
- CFS subtype 1 (cognitive, musculoskeletal, sleep, anxiety/depression)
... chest pain
- CFS subtype 2 ( musculoskeletal, pain, anxiety/depression)
... chest pain
- CFS subtype 3 (mild)
... chest pain
- CFS subtype 4 (cognitive, musculoskeletal, sleep, anxiety/depression)
... chest pain
- CFS subtype 5 (musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal)
... chest pain
- CFS subtype 6 (postexertional)
... chest pain
- CFS subtype 7 (pain, infectious, musculoskeletal, sleep, neurological, gastrointestinal, neurocognitive, anxiety/depression)
... chest pain
- Chagas disease
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Acetonitrile
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Acrinathrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Acrylonitrile
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- alpha-Cypermethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Ammonia
... chest pain, chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Azinphos-methyl
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Barthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Beta-cyfluthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- beta-Cypermethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Bifenthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Bioallethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Bioehtanomethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Biopermethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Bioresmethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Bromophos
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Button batteries
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Cadmium
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Calcium hypochlorite
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Chlordecone
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Chlorine
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Chlorobenzylidene Malononitrile
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Chloropicrin
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Cismethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Cyclethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Cyfluthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Cyhalothrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Cyllprothrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Cyphenothrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Deltamethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Demeton-S-methyl
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Diazinon
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Diborane
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Dichlorvos
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Dicrotophos
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Dimefluthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Dimethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Dioxathion
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Disulfoton
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Empenthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Esfenvalerate
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Ethion
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Ethylene Glycol Dinitrate
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Fenfluthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Fenpirithrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Fenpropathrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Fensulfothion
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Fenthion
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Fenvalerate
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Flucythrinate
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Flufenprox
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Fluvalinate
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Formaldehyde
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Furethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- gamma-Cyhalothrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Glaze
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Halfenprox
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Imiprothrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Jet Fuel-8
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- lambda-Cyhalothrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Malathion
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Methidathion
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Methiocarb
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Methomyl
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Methylene Dianiline
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Methylene Diisocyanate
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Metofluthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Mirex
... chest discomfort
- Chemical poisoning -- Morpholine
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Nickel Carbonyl
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Nitroglycerin
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Osmium
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Parathion
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Phosdrin
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Phosphine
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Prallethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Profenofos
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Profluthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Propane
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Protrifenbute
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Pyresmethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Pyrethrin
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Pyrethroid
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Silafluofen
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Sodium Hypochlorite
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Sulfur Dioxide
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Sulfur Trioxide
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Tau-Fluvalinate
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Tefluthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Terbufos
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate
... chest tightness
- Chemical poisoning -- Tetrahydrofuran
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- theta-Cypermethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Toluene Diisocyanate
... chest pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Tralomethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Transfluthrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Transpermethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- Vinyl Choride
... epigastric pain
- Chemical poisoning -- zeta-Cypermethrin
... epigastric pain
- Chemical-induced cardiovascular disease
... angina
- Chest pain
... chest pain, chest discomfort
- Childhood asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Chinese Restaurant Syndrome
... central chest pain
- Chloramphenicol-induced Sideroblastic anemia
... chest pain
- Cholesterol pneumonia
... chest pain
- Chronic Airway Obstruction
... Chest pains
- Chronic anemia
... chest pain
- Chronic berylliosis
... chest pain
- Chronic Bronchitis
... Chest pains, mild chest pain
- Chronic constrictive pericarditis
... chest pain
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
... chest pain
- Chronic laryngotracheitis
... Chest pain
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases
... chest pain
- Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
... chest pain
- Chronic pyelonephritis
... flank pain
- Chronic renal insufficiency
... flank pain
- Circulatory disorder
... chest pain
- Circulatory system conditions
... chest pain
- Coal worker's pneumoconiosis
... chest pain
- Cobra poisoning
... chest pain
- Cocaine abuse
... chest pain
- Cocaine-induced hypertension
... chest pains
- Coccidioidomycosis
... chest pain
- Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Collapsed lung
... sudden severe lung pain
- Common ventricle
... chest pain
- Congenital aneurysms of the great vessels
... chest pain
- Congenital bronchogenic cyst
... chest pain
- Congenital spherocytic anemia
... chest pain
- Conn Syndrome-induced hypertension
... chest pains
- Constrictive pericarditis
... chest pain
- Constrictive tuberculous pericarditis
... chest pain
- Copper deficiency-induced Sideroblastic anemia
... chest pain
- Copper toxicity
... epigastric pain
- Cor pulmonale
... chest pains
- Coronaro-cardiac fistula
... chest pain
- Coronary heart disease
... angina
- Cough
... Chest pain
- Crohn's disease of the esophagus
... epigastric pain
- Cryptococcosis
... chest pain
- Cycloserine-induced Sideroblastic anemia
... chest pain
- Cyclosporine-induced hypertension
... chest pains
- Cytosine arabinose syndrome
... chest pain
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E
- Ebola
... chest pain
- Echinococcus granulosus
... chest pain
- EGE
... chest pain
- Electrocution
... Chest pain
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked
... chest pain
- Emotional stress related asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Empyema
... chest pain
- Endocardial fibroelastosis
... chest pain
- Endodermal sinus tumor
... chest pain
- Eosinophilic asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Eosinophilic enteropathy, pattern III
... chest pain
- Epidermoid carcinoma
... chest pain
- Epithelioid Mesothelioma
... Chest pain
- Erdheim-Chester Disease
... Chest pain
- Erdheim-Chester syndrome
... chest pain
- Erythropoietin-induced hypertension
... chest pains
- Esophageal disorder
... chest pain
- Esophagus diseases
... Chest pain
- Ethanol-induced Sideroblastic anemia
... chest pain
- Exercise-induced asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
... chest pain
- Extrinsic asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
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H
- Hartnup Disease
... chest pain
- Heart attack
... chest pain, Upper body discomfort, Chest discomfort, uncomfortable chest pressure, chest squeezing
- Heart cancer
... angina
- Heart conditions
... Chest pain
- Heart disease
... chest pain, chest discomfort, angina
- Heart injury
... Chest pain
- Heart valve diseases
... Chest pain
- Heartburn
... chest pain, chest pain at the breastbone
- Helicobacter pylori bacteria
... Epigastric pain
- Heller-Dohle disease
... chest pain
- Helminthiasis
... chest pain
- Hemangiomatosis, familial pulmonary capillary
... chest pain
- Hemolytic anemia
... chest pain
- Hemothorax
... chest pain
- Herbal Agent overdose -- Kombucha
... chest pain
- High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
... Chest pains
- Histoplasmosis
... chest pains
- HOCM
... chest pain
- House dust allergy
... chest tightness
- Hydronephrosis congenital
... flank pain
- Hyperadrenalism
... chest pain
- Hyperaldosteronism-induced hypertension
... chest pains
- Hyperchromic Anemia
... chest pain
- Hyperlipoproteinemia type 3
... angina
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
... chest tightness
- Hypertension in children one to ten years
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to, 1
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to, 2
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to, 3
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to, 4
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to, 5
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to, 6
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to, 7
... chest pain
- Hypertension, Essential, Susceptibility to, 8
... chest pain
- Hypertensive heart disease
... Chest pain
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
... chest pain, chest discomfort
- Hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
... chest pain
- Hyperventilation
... chest pain
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- Macrocytic Hyperchromic Anemia
... chest pain
- Malignant germ cell tumor
... chest pain
- Malignant hypertension
... chest pains
- Malignant Lung Cancer
... Chest pain
- Malignant mesothelioma
... chest pain
- Malignant peptic ulcer
... Chest pain
- Marburg virus
... chest pain
- Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness with cardiomyopathy
... chest pain
- Meadows syndrome
... chest pain
- Mediastinal endodermal sinus tumors
... chest pain
- Mediastinitis
... chest pain, epigastric pain
- Megaloblastic Anemia 1
... chest pain
- Megalocytic-Normochromic anemia
... chest pain
- Melioidosis
... chest pain
- Mercury poisoning
... chest pain
- Mescal poisoning
... chest pain
- Mesothelioma
... chest pain, Chest wall pain
- Methaemoglobinaemia
... Chest pain
- Methyldopa-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Microcytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Microcytic Hyperchromic Anemia
... chest pain
- Microcytic hypochromic anemia
... chest pain
- Microcytic-Normochromic anemia
... chest pain
- Microvascular angina
... chest pain, chest discomfort, chest tightness
- Mitral valve prolapse syndrome
... chest pain
- Mitral valve prolapse, familial, autosomal dominant
... chest pain
- Mitral valve prolapse, familial, X-linked
... chest pain
- Mitral-valve prolapse
... chest pain
- Mixed asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Mixed granulocytic asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Mohave Rattle snake poisoning
... chest pain
- Mucormycosis
... flank pain
- Multi-centric Castleman's Disease
... chest pain
- Multifocal fibrosclerosis
... flank pain
- Multiple Myeloma
... chest pain, rib pain
- Musculoskeletal chronic fatigue syndrome
... chest pain
- Mycobacterial infections
... Pleuritic chest pain
- Mycoplasmal pneumonia
... chest pain
- Myocarditis
... chest pain, chest discomfort
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- Obesity associated asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Obstructive nephropathy
... flank pain
- Occupational asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Anhydride exposure
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Animal laboratory workers
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Bakers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Beauticians
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Boiler Cleaners
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Bookkeepers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Brewery Workers
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Carpenters
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Cement Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Chemical Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Chemists
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Cosmetics Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Detergent Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Dye Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Electroplating Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Epoxy Resin Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Fabric Dying Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Fire Retardant Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Fluxes
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Foam producers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Foundry Workers
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Fur Dying
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Galvanising Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Hairdressers
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Hard Metal Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Hospital staff
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Insulation workers
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Isocyanate exposure
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Jewellery Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Laminating Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Laxative Manufacturing
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Librarians
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Manufacturing Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Medical Sterilisers
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Metal plating industry
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Millers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Nurses
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Paint Manufacturing Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Pharmaceutical industry
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Photocopying workers
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Plastics industry
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Polyurethane Foam Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Polyurethane Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Post office clerks
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Refining Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Rubber Workers
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Saw Mill workers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Spray Paining Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Spray Painters
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Tanning Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Turbine Cleaners
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Varnish Manufacture Industry
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Welding industry
... chest tightness
- Occupational Cancer -- Lung cancer
... chronic chest pain
- Occupational Cancer -- Mesothelioma
... Chest pain, Chest wall pain
- Occupational Cancer -- Respiratory tract cancer
... chronic chest pain
- Occupational lung disease -- Ammonia inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Chlorine inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Formalin vapors inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Hydrogen Sulfide inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Nitrogen dioxide inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Ozone inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Phosgene inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Sulfur dioxide inhalation
... chest tightness
- Oesophageal spasm
... chest pain
- OHSS
... chest pain
- Oncocytoma, renal
... flank pain
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- Palytoxin poisoning
... chest pain
- Pancreas conditions
... Chest pain
- Panic attack
... Chest pain, Chest discomfort, Chest pressure
- Panic disorder
... Chest pain, Chest discomfort, Chest pressure
- Paracoccidioidomycosis
... chest pain
- Paragonimiases -- lung infection
... chest pain
- Paragonimiasis
... chest pain
- Parrotfish poisoning (Palytoxin)
... chest pain
- Paucigranulocytic asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Penicillin-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Peptic ulcer / duodenal ulcer
... chest pain
- Pericardial Mesothelioma
... Chest pain
- Pericarditis
... chest pain, chest pain improves sitting up, chest pain worse lying down, chest pain spreading to shoulders and neck, chest pain improves leaning forward
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
... chest pain
- Pernicious anemia
... chest pain
- Pheochromocytoma
... chest pain, angina
- Pheochromocytoma as part of Neurofibromatosis
... chest pain
- Pheochromocytoma-induced hypertension
... chest pains
- Plant poisoning -- Amygdalin
... chest tightness
- Plant poisoning -- Cyanogenic glycoside
... chest tightness
- Plant poisoning -- Cytisine
... heart pain
- Pleural cancer
... Chest pain, Chest wall pain
- Pleurisy
... chest pain, chest pain on breathing, chest pain on coughing, severe chest pain, chest pain on movement, mild chest pain
- Pleuropulmonary blastoma
... chest pain
- Pneumococcal pneumonia
... Chest pains
- Pneumoconiosis
... chest pain
- Pneumonia
... chest pain, Chest pain on breathing
- Pneumonia caused by serotype O11 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
... chest pain
- Pneumonia, Bacterial
... severe chest pain
- Pneumonia, eosinophilic
... chest pain
- Pneumonia, Staphylococcal
... severe chest pain
- Pneumothorax
... sudden chest pain
- Poikilocytic anemia
... chest pain
- Polyembryoma
... flank pain
- Porphyria
... chest pain
- Post-infectious myocarditis
... chest pain
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
... chest pain
- Posthemorrhagic anemia
... chest pain
- Postoperative pulmonary embolism
... Chest pain
- Postpericardiotomy syndrome
... chest pain
- Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
... chest pain
- Primary Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Primary Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Primary Emphysema
... Chest pains
- Primary pulmonary hypertension
... chest pain, angina
- Primary pulmonary hypertension -- Dexfenfluramine-associated
... chest pain
- Primary pulmonary hypertension -- Fenfluramine-associated
... chest pain
- Prinzmetal's variant angina
... chest pain
- Pseudoglycogenosis II
... chest pain
- Pseudomonas pseudomallei
... Chest pain
- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, forme fruste
... angina
- Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
... chest pain
- Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
... chest pain
- Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula
... chest pain
- Pulmonary embolism
... chest pain
- Pulmonary embolus
... central chest pain
- Pulmonary fibrosis
... Chest discomfort
- Pulmonary heart disease
... Chest pain
- Pulmonary hemangiomatosis
... chest pain
- Pulmonary hypertension
... chest pain, chest discomfort
- Pulmonary hypoxic hypertension
... chest pain
- Pulmonary incompetence
... Chest pain
- Pulmonary infections related to AIDS
... Chest pain, Chest pain on breathing
- Pulmonary mucormycosis
... chest pain
- Pulmonary pseudolymphoma
... chest pain
- Pulmonary supravalvular stenosis
... chest pain
- Pulmonary thromboembolic hypertension
... chest pain
- Pulmonary valve disease
... Chest pain
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
... chest pain, angina
- Pulmonary zygomycosis
... chest pain
- Pyogenic pericarditis
... chest pain
- Pyridoxine deficiency-induced Sideroblastic anemia
... chest pain
- Pyrosis
... chest pain
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- Salicylate-sensitive asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Sandifer syndrome
... epigastric pain
- Sarcoid
... chest pain
- Sarcoidosis
... chest pain, chest tightness
- Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma
... Chest pain
- Schatzki ring
... chest pain
- Seasonal asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Secondary Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Secondary Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... chest pain
- Secondary Emphysema
... Chest pains
- Secondary pulmonary hypertension
... chest pain
- Selective Vitamin B12 malabsorption with Proteinuria
... chest pain
- Serious heart arrhythmias
... chest pain, chest discomfort
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
... Pleuritic chest pain
- Severe asthma
... chest pain
- Severe heart problems
... chest pain
- Severe, refractory asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Sickle Cell Anemia
... chest pain
- Sickle cell crisis
... chest pain
- Sideroblastic anemia
... chest pain
- Sideroblastic anemia, hereditary
... chest pain
- Sideroblastic anemia, pyridoxine-responsive, autosomal recessive
... chest pain
- Sideropenic anemia
... chest pain
- Silent asthma
... chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure
- Silicosiderosis
... chest pain
- Silicosis
... chest pain
- Sinus tachycardia
... chest pain
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
... Chest pain
- Spherocytic anemia
... chest pain
- Sphingolipidosis
... angina
- Spleen conditions
... Chest pain
- Splenic infarct
... chest pain
- Spontaneous pneumothorax, familial type
... sudden chest pain
- Steroid-dependant asthma
... chest pain
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Causes of Chest pain Based on Risk Factors
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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Chest pain?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Chest pain, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
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Classifications of Chest pain:
Subtypes of Chest pain:
Angina (41 causes), Chest pressure (175 causes), Chronic chest pain (82 causes), Pleuritic chest pain (25 causes), Acute chest pain (20 causes), Rib pain (31 causes), Chest discomfort (64 causes), Chest tenderness (69 causes), Epigastric pain (93 causes), Flank pain (34 causes), Chest tightness (166 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Chest pain:
Breathing symptoms (3381 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Chest symptoms (1355 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Respiratory symptoms (5166 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Breath symptoms (3023 causes), Pain symptoms (6458 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Throat symptoms (3410 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Mouth symptoms (6864 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes), Face symptoms (8109 causes)
Symptoms related to Chest pain:
Angina (41 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Pleuritic chest pain (25 causes), Lung pain, Chest symptoms (1355 causes), Chest tightness (166 causes), Lung symptoms (3280 causes), Heart symptoms (2927 causes), Difficulty breathing (2922 causes), Shortness of breath (1528 causes), Abdominal pain (2568 causes), Back pain (479 causes), Heart attack (138 causes), Anxiety attack (26 causes), Panic attack (26 causes), Esophagitis, Pneumothorax (61 causes), Peptic ulcer, Chest nerve irritation, Pulmonary embolism (28 causes)
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