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Upper chest pain and shortness of breath in upper chest

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tom62040
tom62040

Last year, 2015, I noticed I could not exert myself withour struggling to get my breath in my upper chest.  Kind of like a bowling ball sitting on chest.  Saw a heart specialist, had 4 stents put in Dec.  1 week later no change, 2 months later no change.  Went to primary and he referred another specialist.  He seemed not to concerned and said come back in 6 months.  I'm beginning to think it is not the heart, but the lungs are not getting enough oxygen.  Not mad, just frustrated.

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  • Tinaj
    Tinaj tom62040

    Posted

    Hey Tom, I think you should see a pulmonary doc and have some pulmonary function test!!

    I wish all the best,

    Tinaj

    • tom62040
      tom62040 Tinaj

      Posted

      Thank you Tinaj, scheduling to see my primary today and will bring that up.
  • EileenH
    EileenH tom62040

    Posted

    Do you have polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis? if not - you won't get much help here for your problem and you should post in another forum that is more appropriate.

    • tom62040
      tom62040 EileenH

      Posted

      Sorry about that Eileen.  I'm new to this

    • EileenH
      EileenH tom62040

      Posted

      No probs - it often happens. It was you I was thinking of and I reported it so now you are somewhere far more approriate!

      Good luck.

  • mikeschine
    mikeschine tom62040

    Posted

    Hi Tom

    it took my Rheumatoogists 2 Years to discover that I have a Aortitis with my Polymylagia. The chest Pain was horrible and the breathing problems. I also had differences in Bloodpressure right and left arm. The bloodpressure sometimes dropped to 80/50 and I thought I would faint. I got the 250mg Prednisolon for 3 days and then got on 50mg. I am only 50 years now and was 48 when it started. I did not have increased CRP or ESR which made the diagnosis difficult. I have now a Aorta ascendens of 42 mm which was only 33mm one year before. In the CT scan the Aortitis was not detecable , only in Pet and MRI .

    Best regards ines

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