sinus tachycardia and lupus involvement

Posted By Lesley on December 16, 1998 at 12:46:56:







I have had lupus with organ involvement for about a year. Last time I visit the doctor he got a pulse of 160-170 ,so he did a
ekg with showed sinus tachycardia he took me of all of med ( predninse, evil, plaquniell and other)to rule out med it did not stop my pulse
i have been having severe chest pain under my breastbone that i feel in back and sometimes my left shoulder and neck , they last anywhere
from ten to twenty minutes long they are very painful sometimes i have several of them sometimes just one i do not have them every day about
four to five days a week the chest pain has been going on since May.The doctor put me on beta blocker the lowest dose- but could not take them
due to my low blood presssure ( it run around 80/50 or 90/60) the beta blockers caused me to faint and blood pressure fall to 39 on bottom
He is now sending me to Cardialogist. I woulld think if heart is involved the chest pain would stay and not come and go is this right.
Also my pulse is staying anywhere from 120-170 , and i'm not active at all due to the lupus pain. I am 26,non-smoker and non-drinker and my
weight is 130 and i'm 5 "10". I think i'm to young to have heart problems , unless it is the lupus
can you please tell what this is probalby and is it due to lupus, and if not serious i don't want to persue it due to that I have no insurance
and have a large hospital bill now.the chest pain have been getting worse and more often and longer also i stay short of breath all the time
Thanks in advance to your answer