Please help!!!!!

[Blessed4life]

I am a healthy 31 year old that work outs regularly with normal BP, normal weight, nonsmoker, non drinker.  I had a baby 10 mths ago and had to deliver by c-section-no complications during pregnancy. A few months after delivery I have started having headaches (for the first in my life), vertigo, shaking, tingling in my face, hands and feet, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate fluttering in my chest and lightheadness. It was not bothersome to me because I figured it was just anxiety. In August I went to the Doctor with the same symptoms and he ran a serious of tests, EKG, Heart Scan, Sinus Panel, and Blood work and determined everything was fine and told me I probably was stressed with the hormonal changes.  He sent me to the Nuerologist who had me do a MRI which was normal. A month later I started having a severe chest pain that occurred when I took a breath and severe indigestion and gas. My husband took me to the ER and they diagnosed me with pleurisy (no signs of fluid) after doing another EKG and heart x-ray, Doppler exam bloodwork. I followed up with my PCP and he sent me to a Cardiologist who had me do a stress test-nuclear and treadmill and Echocardiogram-he determined that I had fluid in my lungs (plueral effusion) and ordered a BMP test. The day after that I was back in the ER with pain in the chest cavity area and shortness of breath like I was grasping for air. They diagnosed me with Pericarditis and said my sed rate was high.  When I followed up with my PCP he didn’t think that it was Pericarditis and he retested my SedRate and said it was normal and sent me to a Pulmonologist two days ago to shed some light on my situation. I have several episodes a day where I am so out of breath and it  feels like I am grasping for air-its like an attack that comes and goes. Tomorrow I am having a lung function test and CT scan. They don’t know what is causing these symptoms I am no step closer to finding out what is wrong but I will continue praying. Please help!!!!!

[katseye]

Have you been to see a gastroenterologist? You may be having acid reflux problems without the usual symptoms, along with your hormones going back to normal.........Read some of the forums about acid reflux and gerd and breathing problems and see if you are experiencing any of these things........Quite a bit of people seem to be having the same symptoms on the breathing issues and after having a baby, you may have a hiatal hernia or something pushing up into your diaphragm causing the breathing issues.........one lady in one of the forums is pregnant and was having the breathing issues and said that nexium is helping her to breath normal again.........hope this helps........God bless you!

[Acciah]

Pleurisy...I remember that pain, I actually thought I was having a heart attack. And the only treatment for it is pain medication and staying away dust, smoke and other tiny inhalents that fill up that sack in the lung. It was explained to me that it's like a pocket and when it gets full, it empties out and that's what hurts.

Has anyone checked your blood sugar levels?