What is the reason for feeling chest tightness?

If young people experience chest tightness, they should pay more attention, because it may be a symptom of certain diseases. For example, diseases such as respiratory obstruction, emphysema, atelectasis, etc. For your own health, you should get checked out promptly if you experience any abnormalities.

1. Respiratory obstruction: tumors in the trachea and bronchi, tracheal stenosis, and external pressure on the trachea (thyroid enlargement, chest tightness due to anxiety, and tumors in the diaphragm);

2. Lung diseases: emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, atelectasis, pulmonary infarction, pneumothorax;

3. Heart disease: certain congenital heart diseases, rheumatic heart valve disease, coronary heart disease, heart tumors;

4. Diaphragmatic diseases: diaphragmatic swelling and diaphragmatic paralysis;

5. Disturbance of fluid metabolism and acid-base balance, etc.

6: Smoking can also cause chest tightness.