Chest Tightness And Back Pain Anxiety. Then again it might not. Rapid heartbeat sweating nausea dizziness these are the traditional symptoms of anxiety.
People having anxiety or panic attacks are prone to hyperventilation breathing in too much oxygen caused by the fight or flight response. Normally chest pain or chest tightness caused by anxiety lasts for 10 minutes or so and occurs together with other symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety presents itself in a variety of ways and that makes detecting or understanding symptoms difficult.
Anxiety presents itself in a variety of ways and that makes detecting or understanding symptoms difficult.
Generally the following is more likely to be of anxiety related chest tightness and or pressure. In fact 21 to 49 percent of all musculoskeletal chest pain comes. To make matters worse many anxious people believe this muscle tightness may be caused by a heart problem or heart attack which can cause more stress responses and a further increase in chest tightness and pain as well as other stress and anxiety related symptoms similar to those of a heart attack such as profuse sweating light headedness and numbness in the arms feet or face. It tends to last less than 10 minutes.