Heart problem, adrenal tumor maybe? Blood pressure?

[hmo322]

Hello, I was wondering if you could review my symptoms and tell me whether I might have a heart/vascular problem, and if not, which direction might I go in? I am 28, white male, 5'10" 230 lbs, regular cardio exercise 3x per week/30 mins.

My symptoms: For 3-4 years now, I have had what began as a mild pressure headache (when laying down only) and swolen nasal turbinates (can't breath through nose). This persisted until about April of this year, and everything became much worse. I developed a particularly intense, constant, unchanging headache with features of frontal tension and on top of the head it feels like there is a heavy weight sitting on me. I also have attacks of severe vertigo-like spells (room spins violently when laying down, and improves when sitting up or standing) This comes and go mysteriously for 1-4 days at a time. On top on this, I feel confusion all the time, especially when visualizing moving objects, my eyes hurt and everything blurs out and I can't focus.

The heart: sometimes my heart beats intensly (forcefully) several times and the SAME pressure in my head pulsates INTENSLY concurrent to my heartbeat. Taking a deep breath will help stop this (also have been short of breath at rest, but not during exercise). I have had MRI/brain. MRA brain/neck. ABG, and PFT, chest xray, all negative.

Symptoms get worse when standing for long periods of time, I measured my BP at a grocery store and it was 172/115 when I first sat down, but then dropped off to 145/85 after 5 mins. At docs office,its been 140/80 but usually lower.

Thanks for your help

[neckfusion]

I have had codabrs replacement in the neckand it fused together now I find that I have a mass on the adrenal gland should Iget in touch with the surgion or will this cause me any thing to worry about medically for my neck?  thank u

[tygrus]

Check out carotid artery disease (CAD), though your initial scans (MRI) may have checked it already.

[SU47]

THIS IS SUBHADEV . I AM 21 AND HAVING A CHEST PAIN FOR A LONG FR 2 MNTH .I HAVE SHOWN 5 DOCTORS THEY HAVE SAID THAT IT IS A MUSCULAR PAIN BT I DNT THK SO.EVERY TIME MY CHEST IS PAINING AND SOME TIME WHN I BREATH I FEEL A MILD PAIN WHICH STAY FR 3 MIN.SOME TIME I SEE MY HEART BEATS WHCH MAKE MY BODY SHIVERS. I HAVE DONE  ECG,CHEST EXRAY.BT IT WAS ALL NRMAL.ANOTHER THING A FLUID TYPE OF THING COMING OUT FRM MY MOUTH SOME TIME I SEEN THAT BLOOD COMING OUT FRM MY MOUTH ITS REALLY FUSTRATED ME.PLZZZ HELP ME DOCTOR I WANT YOUR HELP...

[Forum MD_CM]

you are descibing symptoms that can be produced by rapid surges in BP, an adrenal tumor must be ruled in or out and then other tests will be needed to define the cause of you high BP Good luck

[hmo322]

My heart will palpitate intensly, and the same pressure feeling in my head escalates dramatically and pulsates along with each heartbeat.....also, sometimes when this happens my hearing will fade out and I'll hear the "bruit bruit bruit" sound from within my ears. Otherwise, the headache is a nauseating, dull, constant pressure in my forehead and top of my head (like a weight on my head) it is 24/7, and again the confusion is constant too...Almost like I'm in a dream like state.

I have allready seen a neurologist, two actually, a GP, and an ENT, with all the aforementioned tests being negative.

Thanks again