I don't feel well

I don't feel well and I am not sure that it isn't different things.  One I have sometimes extreme
shortness of breathe and mild chest pain. I have had a mucus filled cough  cold for a couple of weeks,
now I have a stomach aches and clammy feeling.,..,sweating.  It feels like bugs in my stomach/intestines
and a heaviness in my chest.  I have no energy,...not hungry and mild hurt in lower back (kidneys?)...other
thank that I feel great (smile) .  I take high blood pressure medication, antidepressants .I  am 60

[J.M. Keyes, MD]

Hi there,
You need to see an MD.  It sounds like you may have a flu like illness, but I would need more history, and a physical exam/investigations to know for sure.  If you are 60 years old and have a history of high blood pressure with symptoms of chest pain and shortness of breath, that in itself warrants an urgent visit to a doctor.  You may just have a virus, but pneumonia, blood clots, heart attack etc can't be ruled out with the information I have.  It is probably a bronchitis with the cough/mucus, but you should really be on the safe side.  Please go to an urgent care/emergency department if you can't get into see your doctor urgently.  If your symptoms (especially chest pain/shortness of breath worsen, or are consistent, go to the ER to have an evaluation and possibly some testing.  You are right, that the other symptoms may be unrelated, but if you have the flu, you can have general fatigue/aches etc that go with it.

Good luck.  I hope you are feeling better.
JMK MD