My mother is having chest pain and pain in inner...

Treatment :

• The treatment of chest pain depends on the cause that led to its occurrence, the severity of the pain, and its accompaniment to other symptoms, as there are many causes that lead to chest pain, some of which are dangerous and require urgent medical intervention, and some of them do not require medical intervention or a visit to the hospital, among the important causes For chest pain are heart attacks in which the pain is on the left side of the chest, and the patient feels heaviness on the chest, shortness of breath, sweating, and pain in the left arm or jaw, and the pain is acute and severe and all these symptoms occur within 15-30 minutes and treatment must be done in the hospital either with cardiac catheter Or drugs that dissolve clots, and this is highly suspected in your case, so we recommend that you take three tablets of aspirin and go to the hospital immediately, among other reasons is angina that results from narrowing of the coronary arteries feeding the heart and the patient feels chest pain with jaw or neck pain with a general feeling of discomfort. it requires medical intervention if the pain is severe and squeezing the chest, drugs such as calcium channel blockers, beta-2 blockers, or cardiac catheters are used, and some of them can be treated at home by following some advice such as Quit smoking, exercise, avoid fats and fatty foods, etc., and in the event that heart problems are excluded, other causes that cause chest pain is considered, such as inflammation of the cartilages of the rib cage or muscle spasm in the muscles of the rib cage and its treatment is by using oral pain relievers such as Naproxen 500mg two tablets per day For a period of 5 days, in addition to using a topical pain reliever such as Diclofenac gel a topical cream on the chest 3 times daily, with a muscle relaxant such as Sirdalud 2mg three times daily, in addition to using warm water compresses on the chest area and avoiding lifting any heavy weights, warming the chest area and avoiding exposure. GERD, which is accompanied by heartburn, burning in the chest, and a metallic taste in the mouth, is one of the causes, and its treatment is with proton pump inhibitors such as Esomeprazole.

How is the diagnosis made:

•  The diagnosis is made by taking the medical history, studying the risk factors such as smoking, fat intake, obesity, and family history, studying the symptoms that you suffer from, a clinical examination, and then running some tests such as electrocardiography and heart enzymes to exclude Heart attacks and angina, a chest X-ray To rule out chest infections, a barium x-ray to rule out GERD, a complete blood test to assess the white blood cell count

Causes of chest pain:

• Heart attacks
•  Angina pectoris
•  chest infections
•    spasms 
• Cartilage inflammation of the chest
• GERD

Our advice:

• Go to the hospital immediately