Heart beating loud and somewhat hard
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I got flu-like symptoms in early January. I got over it. Or so I thought.
Fast forward to last week of January. Start developing slight vertigo. The crazy thing is it would come and go. Some days I wouldnt notice it. Other days it would be there.
Eventually that vertigo was accompanied by ear fullness and facial tension. Almost as if I had a sunburn or my face was being pulled back.
This was weird. So my mother in law who is a nurse checked my ears and noticed they were swollen. She suggested Sudafed and Motrin. I used it for a week. It didnt work.
Eventually I started developing a heavy heavy swollen head sensation. So tight to the point it caused me to be lightheaded and like passing out.
I went to urgent care where the doctor diagnosed me with a migraine...a migraine. Ive had migraines before. This did not feel like it.
Anyways got prescribed Sumatriptan for headaches and Zofran for nausea.
It didnt help. So I went to see my physician who ran a basic neuro test on me. Checked my eyes my ears etc. Based on my story he concluded I had an inner ear infection from a virus that slowly stuck around since January. He prescribed me Meclizine for vertigo, Ibropufen and ear drops
I believed him.
But its been a few more weeks and I still have the same symptoms. On top of that, I developed a few more as well.
Now I have throbbing fingers, almost as if I have trigger finger whenever Im sitting down. My hands and feet get a cold, burning sensation at random times. And finally, I feel like my chest is inflamed almost as if theres something wrapped around my heart causing it to beat harder and louder.
Its not painful around my heart, just a slight feeling that I would notice from time to time.
Oh, and whenever I stand up too fast, my heart rate jumps from like 60 bpm to 90 bpm. Walking to much makes me want to vomit. And it takes a while to calm down.
The vertigo and facial tension has diminished a bit but I still feel like Im drunk and on a boat, with ear fullness, headaches and heavy head sensation.
Can anyone describe to me whats going on?? I was just a healthy kid leading up to the new year, going to the gym 4 out of 7 days a week.
Now Im a wreck with a supposed ear infection. Can it be something else?
Heart problems? Another type of virus? Cancer?
Male
29 years old
5'7
175 lbs
Mexican Filipino
Please any help would be amazing
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nityanand eliseo71130
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Palpitations are feelings that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, pounding, or beating too hard or too fast. You may feel palpitations in your chest, throat, or neck during activity or when you are sitting still or lying down
yvonne84983 eliseo71130
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Hi, I have almost all the same symptoms as you. I never had the flu but since the end off February I have been unwell. Came on all of a sudden breathlessness /weezing, unbalanced, nuasia, heart racing, blood pressure slightly high. Started getting treated for labyrinths, then stones in ears then mineries desiese. In June I started taking really bad frequent migraines.
I have been lucky enough to be seen by ENT specialist and have a MRI scan and hearing test. All clear but I now have tinitus. (ear fullness, ringing which I never had before). ENT specialist has now put it all down to vesbular mirganes but as I said before the migraines didn't start till June. He has suggested that I am referred to Nurology for further investigation, got an appointment next week with GP for a neurological exam and more blood tests. GP now thinking I could possibly have had covid 19 and this is long lasting effect from it.
Everyday I get up I feel like I have had several drinks( I haven't had a drink since Feb) unbalanced /unsteady sometimes stumble about., feel like someone is slightly pulling my hair on the left side of my head I also have a numbness on the left side of my face which comes and goes. Theses symptoms come and go through the day, but I do get days were I can not function at all and I am just so tired.
I now take medication daily and an inhaler to help with the symptoms. I have been off work since Feb. I hope this I'd some help to you because I have been trying to get to the bottom of this it is going on to long.