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****Further Testing for Shortness of Breath?*****
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****Further Testing for Shortness of Breath?*****
by Barbi__0__0, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By Barbi on May 21, 1999 at 16:52:56
I am a 41-year-old female, insulin dependent diabetic (12 years). I have had good control for the last 6 years (A1Cs avg 7.0) but had poor control my first 6 years. My eyes have very little damage, but my urine dipsticks in the clinic show a trace of protein (kidney involvement?). I have been fighting high blood pressure for 3 years but it is under control with lots of medication (200 mg Atenolol, 5 mg plendil and 40 mg Lotensin and an antidepressant.) My BP does elevate under stress to 160/101 but the rest of the time it averages 125/77. Lipids are good. I started having some bouts of shortness of breath in September. A stress test 4 months ago show a minor problem (false positive)but the thallium scan was normal. In March my doctor raised my Atenolol from 100 mg to the 200 mg I now take and for a few weeks the shortness of breath disappeared. Now it has slowly returned. I notice it about 2-3 times per day for about 45 minutes. Should I seek further heart testing and if so what? I see my endocronoligist every 3 months so I am followed regularly. He feels the thallium work up was good. Am I just worrying so much? Should I try to make some more healthy changes in diet, exercise, etc......?
Thank you so much for providing this service!!!!!
Barbi
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I am a 41-year-old female, insulin dependent diabetic (12 years). I have had good control for the last 6 years (A1Cs avg 7.0) but had poor control my first 6 years. My eyes have very little damage, but my urine dipsticks in the clinic show a trace of protein (kidney involvement?). I have been fighting high blood pressure for 3 years but it is under control with lots of medication (200 mg Atenolol, 5 mg plendil and 40 mg Lotensin and an antidepressant.) My BP does elevate under stress to 160/101 but the rest of the time it averages 125/77. Lipids are good. I started having some bouts of shortness of breath in September. A stress test 4 months ago show a minor problem (false positive)but the thallium scan was normal. In March my doctor raised my Atenolol from 100 mg to the 200 mg I now take and for a few weeks the shortness of breath disappeared. Now it has slowly returned. I notice it about 2-3 times per day for about 45 minutes. Should I seek further heart testing and if so what? I see my endocronoligist every 3 months so I am followed regularly. He feels the thallium work up was good. Am I just worrying so much? Should I try to make some more healthy changes in diet, exercise, etc......?
Thank you so much for providing this service!!!!!
Barbi
Follow Ups:
Re: ****Further Testing for Shortness of Breath?***** CCF CARDIO MD-APS 5/28/1999
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****Further Testing for Shortness of Breath?***** Barbi 5/29/1999
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Re: ****Further Testing for Shortness of Breath?***** CCF CARDIO MD - APS 6/08/1999
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