Which tests to Run

[SKSmallwood]

I am turning 29 this year and I have been experiencing the most horrible attacks that start out of no where back in Janurary. My chest/Heart hurts first and then my hands and feet get real tinglely and start to cramp together then my arms pull themselves to my chest area along with my toes curling and my legs cramping and pulling in also. I can not walk and I start to panic because it hurts really bad and my face is all tinglely also. It takes some time to recover like days and the attacks are getting my aggressive and progressive and the side affects are lasting longer as in no function of my left side and it gets worse and leaves my chest hurting and body sore and feeling like at any moment they could cramp again after this last attack.
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[SKSmallwood]

I keep hearing anxiety so I will try there seeming that I have had it since pre teen I thought it also. I was hoping for a better answer as into why my bodty is turning on me. I just hope whatever it is it will go away soon and forever. Thanks for the advice though and wish you all well for the help.

[twopack]

I truly don't think a simple calcium deficiency would be evidenced by dramatic symptoms like this.  And really, a quart of milk down the hatch as a remedy sounds even less likely than low calcium as a diagnosis.

When I mentioned your symptoms were dramatic, I did NOT mean to imply I think the origins are theatric or rooted in anxiety.  I really don't know if that is a possibility or not.  I do know that you need to be brave enough to face the potential judgement of physicians so they can examine you when your symptoms are at their worst.  

You can only hope to get proper diagnosis and treatment by presenting yourself to physicians who have the knowledge and skill to help.  Be cooperative but don't let them dismiss you.  It would probably be helpful to take someone along who can support you as you advocate for yourself and the attention you need and deserve.

[SKSmallwood]

Maybe this is what i should have said didn't know I needed to be more specific.I am 29 and at the beginning of 2012 while driving I had a really sharp pain in my chest that got worst and my heart hit my chest pretty hard and I got kinda of dizzy(been getting real dizzy for a few years now and even when I am sitting) so I went to the Hospital. I had many tests done from blood clots to different things like an ekg and I was montiored for hours(since my mom had a heart attack pretty early). Since I am not in my mid 30's or older they said I looked to be fine with no bladder infections and my white cell count was good so  no infection of any sorts that they could see(I guess thats what it meant). I have had anxiety since I was pre teen so it was assumed thats what might of been the problem and  they gave me a low dosage of valium and sent me on my way( I have not been on meds for anxiety in years because I learned how to deal with my anxiety with out the meds). Since then I had a second attack that started with my heart hurting I started to sweat and seem overly hot even with the AC on and a bottle of water next to me. Then my boding cramping up so bad. I got tingley all over (even my lips) and my fingers came together at the tips and wrist bending down while my arms bend all the way up (like Im flexing my biceps) and then pulling themselves to my chest and my legs doing the same thing( like the fetal Position almost) my legs never make it that far up though. I had to call emsa as the attack took form (otherwise) I would not been able to function) and they gave me oxygen too help me breath( since whatever was happening sent me into a panic attack and my breathing started to pick up to quickly) and allow my body to unfold its self since moving me was very hard because of the pain(assuming this was anxiety I told them I didn't want to go to the hospital)(Anxiety attacks never been this bad before). I was slow to recover from this attack I couldn't walk for several hours and left in pain on my left side mostly it took a few days to use my left arm again(it cradled to my chest ). Then a third attack happened a few weeks later but this time my chest did not hurt at all it just hit me. I felt my right hand cramp up first and fast.The rest followed immediately after. Then 2 seconds later my son is pulling the car over from the passenger side to get me out the drivers side because I can not function at all the pain is extremely horrible. Then I another attack this last Sunday(4 days after the last attack) with the same symptoms as before and I am still tring to feel normal. My left side still hurts and I feel really tired but no rest.My left arm, hand, and chest area hurts and is slowly being able to use it. My memory has always been sharp but in the last year my memory has been failing me. I don't even remember simple things like I just called my fiance an hour ago or the conversation we are having at the time or what were doing. Does this link to any of the symptoms also. I need advise on what any professonials think might be happening. Please help?  Could it be the Car, Stroke, ALS, Calcium Deficiency(I doubt that last one since Im a healthly athletic type who drinks her daily dosage of milk  fruits and veges) attacks have gotten more aggressive and more progressive and each time leaving me more messed up for longer after. Please give best advise?

[SKSmallwood]

Thanks

[caregiver222]

Well, the way the system works is that you don't tell" them what tests to do. You present a chief complaint (what is wrong in your own words) and the doctor's decide what tests to perform. That being said, your symptoms are consistent with calcium deficiency probably secondary to simple D3 deficiency. The screening test is to pump a blood pressure cuff up about 20-30 mm hg above the upper limit and hold that for a minute and the patient's hands will develop into a claw. That is called Trudeau's sign. So, the first step is to determine your blood calcium levels, preferably by blood test. Often there is magnesium deficiency also. Hypocalcemia is the most likely cause of your cramps. The syndrome is quite frightening and often patients end up on the floor with cramps in their hands, feet and sides. Sort of a body-wide "Charley Horse". The first aid recommendation is to drink a quart of milk, for starters, simple as that may seem. Now there may be other problems, so you need a complete work-up, preferably at a teaching hospital, but I think your problems may be solved more easily than you think.