Sorry this is so lengthy, but I thought it best to explain everything that's going on to give you the best understanding and information I can. It was recently thought that I had developed Congestive Heart Failure. I had been sick for over a week (Diagnosed originally as Bronchitis and Sinusitis) and had shown no signs of improvement after the first round of anti-biotics and medications. I was still coughing up a lot of junk. I went back to Urgent Care and they gave me a couple of breathing treatments, one was a nebulizer, the other was like an alcohol breath test like I see on TV (I had to take a deep breath and blow out for a few seconds). They took an additional set of chest/lung x-rays. A little while later they came to tell me they were sending me to the emergency room because they thought my heart was enlarged (bigger than its normally supposed to be), high blood pressure, and pneumonia. They had thought it was due to my heart having to work extra hard, my lungs were starting to fill with the fluid that I had been coughing up for the last week. At the ER, they found no congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, or pneumonia. Their diagnoses was Bronchitis and Sinusitis. My question is; even though nothing was found at the ER, it made me think of how I have been feeling for well over a year now, and I wonder if these are indeed possible symptoms (indicators) of having Congestive Heart Failure. These are the most prevalent symptoms I have:
1. Every morning after I get up, I cough and spit for at least 30-45 minutes to get the fluids (feel like they are in my lungs) out of me. This happens every morning when I get up.
2. Nearly every time I cough, I feel as if I am going to pass out (things in my side vision start to get dark & fuzzy & I feel off balance & like I'm going to pass out)
That's about it. I wish I had thought to ask the Dr at Urgent Care these things when I was there the other day. Since I found this forum, I thought I'd ask here.
Thank you for taking the time to read my question. I appreciate it. Have a great day!