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likelihood of pulmonary hypertension
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likelihood of pulmonary hypertension
by suffer, Oct 27, 2003 12:00AM
doctor suspected pulmonary hypertension. i am 31F. my symptoms are chest pain at rest and on exertion (radiate to back and scapular) hemoptysis, cough, RUQ pain, palpitation. Chest feeling hardened and tight. Difficulty breathing. Very worried.
i was told that LV function OK and R heart not particularly dilated. But no tricuspid regurgitation therefore cannot measure pulmonary pressure.
1. i'd like to know if i am still likely to have pulmonary hypertension provided with all the above info. (i previously have echo measurement of Pulmonary systolic pressure of 43mmHg)
2.for chest pain and palpitation immediately upon lying down + hemoptysis, am i looking at cardiac or respiratory disease?
3. my central chest pain and back/scapular pain is progressively getting worse. do i have cancer? lung cancer? GI cancer? or mediastinal cancer? or pleural cancer? (note i do cough up blood and blood rush up to throat immediately upon lying down and also difficulty swallowing+ severe palpitation). when i clear my throat or normal breathing my chest and back and RUQ will be painful and tight. i have throat pain also. it's like my breastbone and underneath breastbone all stuck together radiate to back. it's like carrying a stone inside chest. i keep thinking of having cancer. i have a feeling of having cancer or fibrosing mediastinitis. i am scared. scared of dying.
thank you for reading and hope that you can answer my above questions.
i am really sick and worried and dying. i am scared.
God bless everyone.
-dead Zoe
i was told that LV function OK and R heart not particularly dilated. But no tricuspid regurgitation therefore cannot measure pulmonary pressure.
1. i'd like to know if i am still likely to have pulmonary hypertension provided with all the above info. (i previously have echo measurement of Pulmonary systolic pressure of 43mmHg)
2.for chest pain and palpitation immediately upon lying down + hemoptysis, am i looking at cardiac or respiratory disease?
3. my central chest pain and back/scapular pain is progressively getting worse. do i have cancer? lung cancer? GI cancer? or mediastinal cancer? or pleural cancer? (note i do cough up blood and blood rush up to throat immediately upon lying down and also difficulty swallowing+ severe palpitation). when i clear my throat or normal breathing my chest and back and RUQ will be painful and tight. i have throat pain also. it's like my breastbone and underneath breastbone all stuck together radiate to back. it's like carrying a stone inside chest. i keep thinking of having cancer. i have a feeling of having cancer or fibrosing mediastinitis. i am scared. scared of dying.
thank you for reading and hope that you can answer my above questions.
i am really sick and worried and dying. i am scared.
God bless everyone.
-dead Zoe
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-M.D.-RCJ, Oct 27, 2003 12:00AM
Zoe,
I've read this post, and your previous posts (most recently on 10/4/03). What strikes me most about your posts is the combination of fear and lack of progress in diagnosis or treatment.
Either you are seeking care from extraordinarily inept doctors, or you are not seeking consistent care with someone with whom you have a relationship. I will gladly answer your questions today, but I will strongly reiterate what BKJ suggested on 10/4/03 -- your healthcare will not be substantially improved by this post. You need to seek personal care.
(1) PA pressures of "43" are mildly elevated and may indicate a mild degree of pulmonary hypertension. This degree of pulmonary hypertension would be associated with symptoms only in rare circumstances. Fortunately, a solid diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension can be easily made from a right heart catheterization, if you wish to pursue this finding.
(2) Chest pain with hemoptysis could be from cardiac, respiratory, GI, rheumatologic, or vascular disease. A good internist can help you sort this out by starting with a history and physical.
(3) A diagnosis of cancer certainly cannot be made through the internet. I would strongly encourage you to seek a good internist to help with your medical care. A CT scan, if an H&P don't help, may help establish a diagnosis for the chest symptoms.
For your own sake, please seek care from someone with whom you can establish a relationship.
Good luck.
I've read this post, and your previous posts (most recently on 10/4/03). What strikes me most about your posts is the combination of fear and lack of progress in diagnosis or treatment.
Either you are seeking care from extraordinarily inept doctors, or you are not seeking consistent care with someone with whom you have a relationship. I will gladly answer your questions today, but I will strongly reiterate what BKJ suggested on 10/4/03 -- your healthcare will not be substantially improved by this post. You need to seek personal care.
(1) PA pressures of "43" are mildly elevated and may indicate a mild degree of pulmonary hypertension. This degree of pulmonary hypertension would be associated with symptoms only in rare circumstances. Fortunately, a solid diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension can be easily made from a right heart catheterization, if you wish to pursue this finding.
(2) Chest pain with hemoptysis could be from cardiac, respiratory, GI, rheumatologic, or vascular disease. A good internist can help you sort this out by starting with a history and physical.
(3) A diagnosis of cancer certainly cannot be made through the internet. I would strongly encourage you to seek a good internist to help with your medical care. A CT scan, if an H&P don't help, may help establish a diagnosis for the chest symptoms.
For your own sake, please seek care from someone with whom you can establish a relationship.
Good luck.
Please see a doctor at once, for your mental health as well as physical health.
best of luck and godbless
it's not that i am reluctant to search help from doctors. people just don't understand. in fact over the past 3 years i've been seeing cardiologist, respirotologist, GI , rheumatologist, ENT etc etc. been to ER also. i have countless exams and by reading previous records doctors just say they don't know what they are dealing with and basically i have a feeling that they just don't want to see me anymore. But what frightens me is that my symptoms are getting worse and worse , not just the sensation of pain or tightness or difficulty breathing but teaspoon and teaspoon of blood coughed up! it means something is going on which is sinister since symptoms are worsening! people just don't understand the severity and how bad patients like me are suffering (simply they haven't suffered before), facing all the increasing progressive life threatening symptoms and yet getting no help from doctors. I lost all the minimal support from doctors and friends, it's sad. it's really scared to face this dying illness alone. if you all happened to be on my situation, you will understand how desperate and hopeless i am with no support and no caring and i am just fighting on my own, knowing that one day soon i will not breathe and just die, despite my strong persistent of seeing doctors! i used to be brave, at first, and i don't really mind being poked by all the needles and scopes and things, but now, after all these negative and depressive so called 'support' by friends and doctors, it seems that i am being labelled the 'crazy' and troublesome patient misunderstood of not willing to seek for help. I am sure I have been suffering for more tests and investigations and hospital appointments than many of you here!
Sorry for being so frustrated. Through internet posting i thought at least i can get some positive support from other patients, if not advice, but in fact i got kicked out again in this forum. Please my dear, try to care more about patients and not discourage them please, this is not what we patients need and it just makes things worse. I do have a feeling of being discouraged by some of the postings here, and you know how many times it will make the patient feel even worse? million times worse.
FYI, please don't think i am crazy. i've been seeing clinical psychologist and even psychiatrist as suggested, they DO NOT think that my symptoms are due to psycho problems. ie i am not crazy and it's not coming from my head.
Anyway, thanks for all the doctors who have helped answer my questions here.
I just want people to know that patient do need caring both physically and mentally. Every word which discourage them have a big impact on the progression. I don't think what i did was wrong-- i have been attending doctors and doing investigations with no complaint, trying to be brave, although scared! this is my own body my own health. i know that nobody in this world will help but myself, but it seems that i am now in the dead end and am dying.
thanks for listening.
god bless everyone.
-dead Zoe
people with minor symptoms thought that other people also suffer from minor illness. they simply don't see deep enough. have they ever experienced even being taken active role in own healthcare, by the end of the day one might just being labelled 'crazy' or received just a shrug of shoulder, simply because nobody knows what's wrong?
AND THEN came people like some of the authors here, they just thought that diagnosing illness is easy (because their illness are common and minor and got diagnosed) and those people kept posting and complained of their illness (like myself) are simply being labelled crazy or inactive who don't lead an active role in seeking for help.
As i said in my previous posting, do you know how many specialists i've seen throughout the years and how everytime it eats away my mental and physical status with no progression on health but progressive getting worse on own health? Being humilitated by doctors or friends or anyone is not something a patient wants and whom can bear. Our mind will explode one day.
I hope that there are more caring people out in the world.
-Zoe
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Get away for a while from the 'common' doctors and find an electro-acupuncturist or a naturopath, they'll test you and for sure will find what ails you...
I mean this!!!!!
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Good luck -*Ianna*
Thank you so much for your blessings and support. I know it's not right to think of dying, but i am so sick physically and depressed and scared and worried and cannot persuade myself for not thinking about it, when symptoms are worsening each day and have not one second of getting any better.
Thanks for your thoughtfulness and may god bless everyone too.
-Zoe