3. Shortness of Breath
The subjective feeling of shortness of breath is better known as “dyspnea.” In these cases, the individual does not necessarily have a lack of oxygen. It is the most common symptom related to the chest along with chest pain. The causes of dyspnea range from psychological causes as panic attacks to severe causes as aspiration of foreign bodies or heart failure.
In short, if there is anything wrong in the heart, the lungs, the throat, or the nervous system, our brains may translate it into dyspnea. In the case of angina, it may result from the associated distress and feeling of impending doom, which occurs with heart attacks, or from the irregular heart rhythm that results from the heart’s deprivation of oxygen.
