Possible causes of Chest burning
29 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Costochondritis (chest wall inflammation) Common
- Esophageal spasm (painful muscle contraction) Common
- Esophagitis (esophageal inflammation) Common Pediatric
- Functional disorders (psychogenic illness) Common Pediatric
- Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) Common Pediatric
- Heart attack Common Urgent
- Hiatal hernia Common Pediatric
- Pericarditis (heart sac inflammation) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Pleuritis (inflammation of the lung's lining, pleurisy) Common Pediatric
- Pneumonia (lung infection) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Pneumothorax (collapse of lung) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Shingles (herpes zoster) Common
- Unstable angina (pre heart attack chest pain) Common Urgent
- Coronary artery disease (CAD) Urgent
- Dissecting aortic aneurysm (tearing and dilation of the aorta) Urgent
- Esophageal achalasia (esophagus muscle dysfunction)
- Esophageal foreign body
- Esophageal rupture (tear in esophagus) Urgent
- Esophageal stricture
- Kawasaki disease (pediatric blood vessel disease, also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) Urgent Pediatric
- Lung cancer (tumor)
- Mediastinitis (inner chest inflammation) Urgent
- Myocarditis (heart muscle inflammation)
- Pleural effusion (abnormal chest fluid) Urgent
- Prinzmetal angina (heart artery spasm)
- Pulmonary embolism (blood clot of lung) Urgent
- Sickle cell disease Urgent Pediatric
- Tension pneumothorax (severe lung collapse) Urgent
- Valvular heart disease