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Difficulty breathing and lightheadedness and dizziness

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Kctara
Kctara

n August while conditioning with my college softball team I experienced shortness of breath, dizziness, and could feel my heart racing and felt like I was going to pass out. I thought it could possibly be my heart but I also thought maybe I was paranoid because my mom was currently in the hospital for an inflammation on her pericardium and my dad had previously had a stint put in his heart. I've always experienced shortness of breath during exercises but I always figured I had asthma or something. But In November I also experienced a little chest pressure and burning in my chest so I decided to go to my doctor. I found out I had WPW syndrome. I then went to see a cardiologist. He ran a stress test and did a ultrasound. He didn't find anything on the stress test, and nothing really on the ultrasound, but he did say it looked like my mitral valve was buckling a little bit but he didn't think it could be causing me any problems. He then out me on a cardiac event monitor for 21 days. From that he determined he didn't think my WPW syndrome was what was causing my symptoms, so something else was going on. He then sent me to get blood drawn to do a CBC, complete metabolic panel, and TSH. He didn't find anything besides I'm slightly anemic, not enough to be causing my problems. Last time I saw him he said he's gonna set me up with an electro physiologist and get his opinion and see what he says and if we get nothing from him, than we'll do a CT of my heart. Does anybody have any idea what could be wrong with me? Please help me.

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  • AlexandriaGizmo
    AlexandriaGizmo Kctara

    Posted

    Hi I have no idea, but one thing you are being well looked after and anything that is going on will be found, that's if there is anything dangerous that is, it could have been anxiety knowing that these symptoms can be caused by that.

    Did he advise no exercise till they sort it.

    • Kctara
      Kctara AlexandriaGizmo

      Posted

      My normal Doctor dos at first but then when I was put on the event monitor he told me I could start exercising again so he could see what was going on during exercise
  • karen1941
    karen1941 Kctara

    Posted

    Sounds like anxiety. I had been diagnosed after 60 yrs regarding my pain over breast and sudden tachycardia to find out cause was tricuspid valve had a leek.on meyropolol and water pills now but retain water all the time even up to eight pound's in a day. Guess I will have to up dosage with another round of water pills. Looking to have someone surgically do a non invasive repair on valve to stop body from all this water gain and let me have my life back.

     

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