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Chest pain & shortness of breath

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james77324
james77324

Have been experiencing pain in my chest for number of weeks, accompanied by almost constant shortness of breath. When I lye down the pain gets worse and my back then begins to hurt as well. Pain is there when I wake and remains all day.Hoping someone has any view on what this may be?

Thanks

James

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  • lyn1951
    lyn1951 james77324

    Posted

    Yes, get yourself to the hospital and tell them what you have just told us.

    ​you have fluid in the sack that your heart sits in, possibility caused by a virus, give away is pain when you try to lie flat, it can get serious enough to constrict the beating of your heart, and that can be life threatening.

    ​Why do I know this, your are describing exactly what I had, could not lie flat, pain, then could not breathe, felt like an elephant was sitting on chest, given injections, and tablets to take for a couple of weeks, all cleared up, but if it comes back again I would recognise it easy.

    • james77324
      james77324 lyn1951

      Posted

      Thanks so much for the quick response. Ive seen my local GP a few times but theyve not been able to diagnose me thus far. I have an ecg booked in a few days. Would the issue you described above show on a ECG?

      James

    • lyn1951
      lyn1951 james77324

      Posted

      Yes - ambulance transported me as they thought I might be in the early stages of a heart attack, x-rays showed a big bubble of fluid around my heart.   Hospital kept on monitoring for about 12 hours, in ER short stay area, I presume because they didn't have any beds in the wards, but to be honest if things were to go wrong there seem to be a lot more staff in ER room than on the wards.

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