deceptive pain

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“The chest is a complex structure in which not only the heart is located, but also the great vessels, the lungs, the membranes that cover these organs, the nervous system that runs through the spinal cord, bone tissue, muscles and bones.” Physician at San Vicente Foundation Hospital And cardiologist Jairo Alfonso Gándara Ricardo said: “Many structures produce chest pain, which is the first manifestation. “

Most of the time, these pains are caused by cardiovascular causes, especially myocardial infarction. However, the cardiologist added, there are other non-cardiac causes that could also be catastrophic, “such as esophageal rupture, aortic dissection or pulmonary embolism, all of which require medical evaluation.”

Chest pain is not to be taken lightly. The leading cause of death in Colombia in 2022 will be acute myocardial infarction, which claims 44,703 lives across the country, Dane said.

“It’s very complicated because we look at probability, and chest pain can be caused by a number of things, whether it’s an anxiety attack, a gallbladder problem, reflux, gastritis or an esophageal problem, or it could be a heart attack, which is a very serious condition. Illness. “Serious,” explained Laura Salgado Flórez, an emergency physician at El Rosario Clinic, adding that when a heart attack or life-threatening When you are sick, it is best to go to a medical institution for treatment.

María Clara Gaviria Aguilar, a medical cardiologist at the Las Vegas clinic, noted that a first attack can be severe and has a history of heart arterial disease, It can also be serious if it is accompanied by: other symptoms such as nausea, a sense of death, or loss of consciousness; if the person is middle-aged or elderly, or has previously experienced symptoms such as fatigue or shortness of breath. “Assessment is not easy, especially in elderly patients, diabetics, women or people with neurological diseases such as dementia. Therefore, the advice is: don’t rule yourself out, let the doctor do it”.