Chest pain is not always a sign of heart disease

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Heart disease is often characterized by chest pain.

However, not all chest pain is included in the symptoms of heart disease. Unusual chest pain and chest pain due to cardiac disease due to blockage have different characteristics.

The specialist in heart and blood vessel diseases, Johan Winata, explains that chest pain (which is not due solely to heart disease) can be caused by all parts of the chest. Starting from the upper layers such as skin, fat, muscles, bones, lungs, heart and digestive system

"The chest from the outside can cause pain," said Johan during from a discussion with the media. Pondok Indah group sick in Jakarta, Tuesday (10/7).

However, Johan mentions heart disease due to blockage of blood vessels or known as coronary heart pain symptoms that occur have differences. The pain comes from an inadequate blood supply to or from the heart. Usually, this is triggered after the heart works harder than after the exercise.

Johan says that up to 70% of patients experience pain due to a blockage of blood vessels that occurs behind the sternum located a little further to the left.

The pain can spread to the left, back, or neck. The pain caused by the pain also has a different feel. "In some people, chest pain due to the coronary heart has the feeling of being pierced, crushed, crushed, burned," says Johan who practices at Pondok Indah Puri Indah Hospital.

30% of other coronary patients have more severe chest pain. Johan mentions chest pain that appears right and felt at the pit of the stomach accompanied by nausea and vomiting as an ulcer disease.

Patients also usually experience neck pain such as choking, jaw pain, and fingertips in the hand. According to Johan, usually this pain is felt because of the blockage of the blood vessels in the right.

"In 30% of these cases, the symptoms are different and therefore difficult to detect," said Johan

People suffering from chest pain due to blockage of these blood vessels should immediately consult a doctor for examination and treatment

. While chest pain that occurs due to a heart attack occurs because the blood sugar suddenly rises up and forms a Daran clot and tear the blood vessels. Chest pain in heart attacks is more severe than that due to blockage as it is accompanied by symptoms of cold sweats, nausea, vomiting and pallor.

"In heart attacks, heart pains usually occur more than 15 minutes immediately taken to the hospital within three hours," said Johan. (chs)