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