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TROUBLE BREATHING/CHEST PRESSURE/DIZZINESS/WEAKNESS

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wendy1998
wendy1998

Trouble breathing/chest pressure/tightness from my chest down to the upper epic gastric area. Weakness in both arms/dizziness all day long and night. Heaviness feeling over my body. Any ideas? 9 weeks of symptoms. I cannot eat or drink enough water because it’s hard to swallow I feel a lot of suffocation on my throat like if my upper airway was closed. 

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  • ebony88195
    ebony88195 wendy1998

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    They just told me that I had to come in to get my thyroid checked. Similar symptoms.
  • moon53540
    moon53540 wendy1998

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    Have you had a CTPA? I felt very similar before I was diagnosed with multiple pulmonary emboli. I couldn’t swallow properly, it felt like there was something at the bottom of my throat. I couldn’t take deep breaths, I was getting palpitations, my face was drained of all colour, I would get sweaty a lot and I had a suffocating feeling and a really unpleasant chest pain. I also had this pulling sensation inside like pulling my breath away, it is hard to explain! If you think this could be a possibility ask straight away for a d-dimer blood test.
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