What are the hazards of chest tightness and shortness of breath?

Chest tightness and shortness of breath are clinical manifestations of functional and pathological respiratory diseases, namely dyspnea, chest tightness and shortness of breath or dyspnea and wheezing. So what are the main hazards of chest tightness and shortness of breath?

First, sudden death, sudden death is the most harmful to chest tightness and shortness of breath, because chest tightness and shortness of breath often have no obvious premonitory symptoms, but once it happens suddenly, it often leads to ineffective rescue and death.

Second, chest tightness and shortness of breath, if not treated in time, will lead to respiratory diseases such as respiratory failure, bronchial asthma, emphysema and chronic lung obstruction, and symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath will appear. If the treatment is not timely or improper, pneumothorax and atelectasis will be complicated, which is a common cause of chest tightness and shortness of breath complicated with respiratory failure. Once respiratory failure occurs, or due to serious shortage of carbon dioxide storage and acidosis. Asthma will be more difficult at this time. Eliminate and reduce incentives, nip in the bud. Secondly, there are many symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath in clinic, suggesting that you have respiratory diseases. Chest tightness and shortness of breath often indicate spontaneous pneumothorax, mediastinal tumor and rheumatic valvular disease.