do i need to go to hospital?
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I had a PE twice in the last three years. I am on Warafin and just had my INR done a few days ago. It was in the good range. I am experiencing a slight difficulty breathing and a slight heaviness in my chest and upper back. i just had a physical 2 days ago and doctor said lungs sound clear. It started a few days before this visit and I coughed up a tiny blood clot while brushing my teeth in the sink. The heaviness tonight is more noticable and slight difficulty breathing. I'm not in any pain. My concern is if I go to the hospital my copays for the ct they would have to do is very expensive. Do I just hold off until it starts to feel even worse and I have pain? Will the warafin I'm on take care of this on it's own?
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mackerrs ksun
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Don't mess with your health, you only get one life.
ksun mackerrs
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barbaraG ksun
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What Mackerrs means is he does not have to worry about paying for medical expenses because in the UK England health care is free and available to everyone without payment or co pays or paying for health insurance. Most of Europe has socialized medicine where health care is availabe to everyone.
As Macckerrs advises we think you should go to a hospital
mackerrs barbaraG
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-.a-way_forward ksun
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barbaraG ksun
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I think you have to go to the hospital and check this whole thing out. Something is amiss. I am sorry you have to be concerned about the money but its "your money or your life"
peter54321 ksun
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It's a tough one to call and you need a qualified physician to make that call....which means hospital or doctor.
You don't say if you second PE happened whilst you were taking warfarin. If it was, get down the hospital immediately.
Sensations in the chest are quite common post PE and wouldn't worry me, but I have not heard of coughing up blood. So again, you need to get checked out.
It will probably turn out to be a false alarm, but will save you days of worrying.
All the best
Peter
-.a-way_forward peter54321
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and that's the reason your not worried.
peter54321 -.a-way_forward
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I am not entirely sure what you are insinuating, but I speak from experience However, since I am not medically qualified, so I recommended seeking medical attention no less than three times. To say I am "not worried" is risible.
I nearly died a few months back, but prefer to look on the positive side and not obsess over it. I get a multitude of sensations in my chest every day, because of the large number of clots and scarring I now have. If I let those sensations worry me, I would be a wreck.
So, to paraphrase my original reponse:
Get checked by a professional and try not to worry about sensations in you chest.
"A" or whatever yourname is - try to move on from your illness and not obsess about it. It's not healthy.