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18 yr old male with problems

18 yr old male with problems

Hi, I'm 18 years old, I've been athletic all my life and never ever had any problems with anything up until now, I'm mostly healthy and I will admit have been drinking alcohol and smoked some cigarettes from time to time with my friends. Recently I've gone to the doctor several times with a funny heartbeat that made me uncomfortable and would give me times when it went really fast for no obvious reason, I also had a really nasty cold at the same time that started a few days after I noticed my heartbeat and I got headaches up to the point that I felt like passing out from moving around too much. I had several heart exams and my doctor said I have a viral infection that somehow dilated an artery going to my heart, that was a week ago and he said I'll be feeling better within 2-3 weeks, he also gave me Xanax since I was quite worried. After that I've been feeling better and I've pretty much felt normal just that I still got mild headaches from moving.

Now yesterday just before I went to bed I was just sitting down by my computer and I felt a pressure on my head like someone was pressing down firmly with their palm on my head. I was unable to sleep, I just finally(3pm) managed to get some sleep but I still have pressure in my head, also it feels like my head is numb, I can barely feel my head when I scratch it with my fingers.

These last 3 weeks have been driving me crazy and at first I was terrified I was having heart failure and now I'm scared of an aneurysm or a brain tumor and I'm wondering if this constant head pressure and numbness is caused by the viral infection my doctor said I have or If someone else could've affected me.

Any help/tips is much appreciated
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