What should I do if I have difficulty breathing, chest tightness, and abdominal distension?

Difficulty breathing, chest tightness and abdominal distension are common phenomena in life, which may be caused by mental factors or pathological factors. Faced with this situation, patients can use stress-relieving methods, listening to light music, gradual relaxation methods, etc. to relieve the stress. In addition, they can make adjustments in diet, focusing on light meals.

1. Causes of chest tightness

1. Environmental factors

If a person stays in a small, closed room with poor air circulation for a long time, he will feel chest tightness due to lack of oxygen.

2. Emotional factors

The reason why some people feel chest tightness is because they lose control of their emotions and feel depressed after having an argument with others.

3. Insufficient Qi and Blood

For women with anemia, chest tightness may also occur due to insufficient qi and blood.

4. Heart disease

For the elderly, if they experience chest tightness, they need to be alert to the occurrence of coronary heart disease.

5. Lung disease

For children, emphysema is the main disease that causes chest tightness. In addition to the common emphysema, lung diseases such as bronchitis, asthma, atelectasis, pulmonary infarction, and pneumothorax can also cause chest tightness.

2. What to do if you have chest tightness, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing

1. Eliminate stress

There are many reasons that cause chest tightness. In addition to some common disease factors, the cause is often closely related to stress. Experts point out that if the pressure is too great and cannot be effectively released, it will lead to symptoms such as chest tightness. Especially for office workers, who have to face various challenges every day, the pressure is naturally very great under such circumstances. Therefore, experts suggest that office workers can release stress and eliminate psychological pressure by venting their inner depression, anger and pain in their daily lives.

If stress is not effectively released for a long time, it is very likely to cause a mental breakdown. When it is time to cry, just cry as much as you can. This can effectively adjust the balance of our body. As the saying goes, there will be clear sky after heavy rain and strong wind, once the negative emotions in your heart are released, you will naturally feel refreshed.

2. Listen to soft music

Many times we often feel a tightness in our chest. There are too many things that go wrong in life, which can cause us to have various uncomfortable symptoms. In this situation, the most effective solution is to let yourself relax effectively, especially before going to bed at night. If you cannot relax yourself, you will not only feel chest tightness and difficulty breathing, but it may also lead to symptoms such as insomnia. Therefore, you might as well soak your feet in hot water before going to bed at night. This can effectively eliminate the fatigue of the whole day, thereby relaxing the nerves and promoting sleep.

In addition, you can listen to soothing and relaxing music for 15 minutes before going to bed at night. These beautiful tunes can relieve mental fatigue. Moreover, light and comfortable music can not only give people beauty and enjoyment, but also relax our mind.

3. Gradual relaxation

When you feel stressed or have symptoms such as chest tightness or other discomfort, you might as well find a place of your own. This place must be quiet so that your nerves can slowly return to a calm state. Then sit down comfortably, close your eyes gently, breathe slowly and count slowly. Feel the rhythm of your counting and you will feel that the nerves in your head are gradually relaxing. Afterwards, you will feel your face, neck, chest, abdomen, arms, legs and other parts gradually relaxing. After a period of time, you will find that problems such as chest tightness and difficulty breathing have been effectively relieved.