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My name is Joe Prygocki and I am 20 years old. I have been working for a demolition company for the past 2 months and am exposed to all sorts of dusts, and I do not wear a mask. Thank you for answering my question.
About two weeks ago I was at work in the morning and started to feel very weak, disorientated, started to notice a strong heartbeat, slight heavy breathing, and my stomach began to get bloated; I was not exposed to any dusts at this time. I used the bathroom thinking that I had a bug, nevertheless I went home from work and about a half an hour later I felt fine. About 4 days later I was at home and started to feel that same feeling again so I went to the ER. I was admitted with symptoms of fatigue, chills, dry mouth, slight heavy breathing, noticeable heartbeat, tingle-ling in my hands, feeling faint, and stomach bloating. They took my blood pressure and my blood sugar before I actually was admitted to the ER and the BP was a little high; my blood sugar slightly low. They took me to the ER and did all blood tests on me, all negative, and chest x-rays, all negative, gave me an EKG and hooked me up to a heart monitor for about 2 hours, all negative.I was released with a diagnosis of a stomach virus; prescribed pepcid. The next day I felt some symptoms, but not as sever. The day following that however I felt horrible and went to my doctor. He looked over the tests from the hospital and diagnosed me with walking pneumonia. I was on Biaxin XL 500mg, 2 times a day. When taking the meds I started to feel better, however still not good enough to do my eve
About two weeks ago I was at work in the morning and started to feel very weak, disorientated, started to notice a strong heartbeat, slight heavy breathing, and my stomach began to get bloated; I was not exposed to any dusts at this time. I used the bathroom thinking that I had a bug, nevertheless I went home from work and about a half an hour later I felt fine. About 4 days later I was at home and started to feel that same feeling again so I went to the ER. I was admitted with symptoms of fatigue, chills, dry mouth, slight heavy breathing, noticeable heartbeat, tingle-ling in my hands, feeling faint, and stomach bloating. They took my blood pressure and my blood sugar before I actually was admitted to the ER and the BP was a little high; my blood sugar slightly low. They took me to the ER and did all blood tests on me, all negative, and chest x-rays, all negative, gave me an EKG and hooked me up to a heart monitor for about 2 hours, all negative.I was released with a diagnosis of a stomach virus; prescribed pepcid. The next day I felt some symptoms, but not as sever. The day following that however I felt horrible and went to my doctor. He looked over the tests from the hospital and diagnosed me with walking pneumonia. I was on Biaxin XL 500mg, 2 times a day. When taking the meds I started to feel better, however still not good enough to do my eve
Thank you both for your help. I really appreciate it.
I agree with the doctor, as I was reading it, it sounded a LOT like panic attacks I used to have.
As for being exposed to dusts - PLEASE wear a mask! My husband was exposed to dusts throughout his life and we recently had a very bad scare. He was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive scarring disease of the lungs. It turned out he was misdiagnosed and likely had a form of pneumonia caused by a recent dust exposure (true pulmonary fibrosis doesn't get better, it is typically fatal) but he is still being followed by a pulmonologist and having scans done to be certain. For months we lived with the fear that he had only a mere couple of years to live. Since then I tell EVERYONE, please, wear a mask if you are exposed to any particulates that may get into your lungs, no matter what the substance is - anything can scar your lungs and you've only got one set.
Hope you find some relief from your symptoms.
As for being exposed to dusts - PLEASE wear a mask! My husband was exposed to dusts throughout his life and we recently had a very bad scare. He was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive scarring disease of the lungs. It turned out he was misdiagnosed and likely had a form of pneumonia caused by a recent dust exposure (true pulmonary fibrosis doesn't get better, it is typically fatal) but he is still being followed by a pulmonologist and having scans done to be certain. For months we lived with the fear that he had only a mere couple of years to live. Since then I tell EVERYONE, please, wear a mask if you are exposed to any particulates that may get into your lungs, no matter what the substance is - anything can scar your lungs and you've only got one set.
Hope you find some relief from your symptoms.
please excuse this question i am sorry for any trouble.
Hello,
It think some of your post may have been deleted because it ends in mid sentence. I am going to do my best to answer what I think your question is. You could have a walking pneumonia. If you were having fevers, cough, chest xray that shows infiltrate -- that certainly suggests pneumonia. I have to tell you that it also sounds like a panic attack. Panic attacks can be frightening experiences, especially if you don't know what they are. For people that have had them before and understand what they feel like, they are often able to talk themselves down by understanding that nothing is "physically" wrong despite their body tell them differently. Symptoms of panic attacks and panic anxiety include dry mouth, feeling "shakey," palpitations (feeling the sensation of ones own heart beat) and sometimes tachycardia (fast heart rate), numbness or tingling in the finger tips, hands, arms or feet (this is caused by hyperventilation or breathing too fast). Hyperventilation is a natural response to fear or pain is associated with the sensation of "shortness of breath" despite a pulse oximetry that tells you otherwise. If you feel entirely better after the antibiotics, that suggests it may be a pneumonia. If this keeps coming back after you have completed your antibiotics and their are no signs of infection, it may be panic anxiety. As part of the work up for anxiety, I often use a holter monitor or event monitor to watch your heart rhythm. Occassional we see someone with a history of "panic attacks" for years and the holter shows a sustained tachycardia that we can fix with an ablation. Like I mentioned above, it is very difficult to differentiate a panic attack from other medical conditions. Using probabilit alone, someone your age with these symptoms most likely has anxiety, but other conditions should be ruled out.
I hope this answers your question. Good luck and thanks for posting.
It think some of your post may have been deleted because it ends in mid sentence. I am going to do my best to answer what I think your question is. You could have a walking pneumonia. If you were having fevers, cough, chest xray that shows infiltrate -- that certainly suggests pneumonia. I have to tell you that it also sounds like a panic attack. Panic attacks can be frightening experiences, especially if you don't know what they are. For people that have had them before and understand what they feel like, they are often able to talk themselves down by understanding that nothing is "physically" wrong despite their body tell them differently. Symptoms of panic attacks and panic anxiety include dry mouth, feeling "shakey," palpitations (feeling the sensation of ones own heart beat) and sometimes tachycardia (fast heart rate), numbness or tingling in the finger tips, hands, arms or feet (this is caused by hyperventilation or breathing too fast). Hyperventilation is a natural response to fear or pain is associated with the sensation of "shortness of breath" despite a pulse oximetry that tells you otherwise. If you feel entirely better after the antibiotics, that suggests it may be a pneumonia. If this keeps coming back after you have completed your antibiotics and their are no signs of infection, it may be panic anxiety. As part of the work up for anxiety, I often use a holter monitor or event monitor to watch your heart rhythm. Occassional we see someone with a history of "panic attacks" for years and the holter shows a sustained tachycardia that we can fix with an ablation. Like I mentioned above, it is very difficult to differentiate a panic attack from other medical conditions. Using probabilit alone, someone your age with these symptoms most likely has anxiety, but other conditions should be ruled out.
I hope this answers your question. Good luck and thanks for posting.
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