What could be wrong?

[xadianx]

   Last week i started feeling ill,I have Asthma and every winter i catch something that requires treatment with prednasone (sp) and Zithromax.I started to have a very tight feeling on the sternum area combined with rapid heart beating and coughing up phlegm.I went to the hospital where they told me i was just having Asthma and a cold and sent me home with a perscerpiton of the 2 meds i listed above.Unfortunately i could only afford the prednasone.The next day my heart began to beat so fast it was shaking my whole body and i couldn't breath.I again went to the hospital and they did x-rays a ekg,a blood clot test and told me it is all in my head.
It's been 3 days now and i'm doing slightly better my heart isn't beating as fast but i still feel like i have a wheeze even tho i cannot hear it,And another symptom that has started happing is after i eat just a small amount of food i get full and yesterday i had a attack of some kind where it felt as someone what choking me from the inside of my throat.It felt like it was closing up which resulted in me vomiting.I'm starting to become very concerned weather this is something more serious than a lung/stomach problem,Has anyone had these symptoms or know what all this could be again i'll post my symptoms:

silent wheezing feeling
Throat closing feeling resulting in vomiting
Getting full fast
Rapid heat beating
chest.sternum tight pain
Coughing up phlegm

[Wannabigbabybelly]

That sounds serious. Go back to the doc and demand care. Write all of these symptoms and tell them you are ill. I was on Prednisone and it didnt make me hungry like everyone said that it would, but I defintely didnt get that feeling you had. Go to the Dr. !! A different one if you can!
By the way, coughing up things is a good thing, i think.

[Sunny602]

I would definitely follow up with your doctor as Wannabigbabybelly (whew!) pointed out....it sounds like you need a better evaluation. The rapid heart rate can be from a few things...one, you are working hard to breathe when you are having this attack. Two, when you feel that tightness, you can't help but feel anxious about it. I have had most of the symptoms you list at one time or another. It is okay to cough things up, but look at the color. If it is anything but white or clear, could be an infection. You said that the docs gave you Zithromax, are you taking it now? I know how expensive that med is, I feel your plight. If you have an infection, asthma can definitely flare up. It is sad that in a country like this, people can't get the meds they need ( I could ramble forever about this!) I hope everything works out for you in the end...Sunny

[john4321]

I am from India now living in the US . Zithromax 6 tabs course costs 2 bucks there! I am following the regimen as described on asthmastory.com to kill clamydia infection.It is new research.The webmaster cured his asthma!

[Eustis525]

Some of the symptoms you describe (Throat closing feeling resulting in vomiting, Getting full fast, chest.sternum tight pain) sound like symptoms I was having that were diagnosed as acid reflux. I was then on medication after medication as noon worked or those that did work I couldn't tolerate the side effects. Most recently it turns out I had chronic cholecystitis (bad gall bladder) and had it removed last month. I hope the symptoms I had previously will now go away as the surgeon said they could have been from the bad gall bladder.

[val49]

Well the z-pack was given because the doc apparently thought you had a respiratory infection.  The prednisone works on inflammation but the symptoms will probably come back without the antibiotic.  Sometimes steroids will make you really jittery.  Perhaps this is what happened with the prednisone.