12+ Hours in ER, and still undiagnosed

[Catmomoftwo_94]

Hi everyone! I’m at a loss at this point and thought I’d try reaching out here. I’m a 28 year old female, 5’4” 130 pounds, generally healthy and was working out everyday until three weeks ago.

I typically watch what I eat, but of course indulge every once in a while.

I have been experiencing the following symptoms suddenly as of three weeks ago:

Night sweats - I’ve never experienced this in my life it was consistent for one week, went away, and came back two nights ago
Frequent night urination - waking up 7+ times to pee in the evening
Headaches at base of skull - happening more often now
Chest pain - sharp pain started on the right hand side and can be lasting all day or off and on during the day, some days not experienced at all. Pain seems to be starting to go to the left side of my chest
Fatigue - I get 8 hours of sleep and still am beyond exhausted as if I’ve gotten no sleep at night
Lower right abdominal pain - worsens when I am simply walking, doesn’t have to be a long distance to have it start hurting, when walking even long distances or for a long period of time pain gets so bad I am limping to walk or pain shoots down my right leg
Loss of appetite/Feeling full fast - just two days ago, I’ve noticed my appetite isn’t really there anymore, I’m not eating much at all and feel full fast, stomach could be growling but I’m not hungry

I did blood work, ultra sounds, EKG, and CT scan at the ER:

D-dimer test was positive - no blood clots seen or found
Urine sample - trace of occult blood

Everything else was showing as normal, but the pain and symptoms I am feeling are highly unusual as I mentioned earlier I’m very healthy.
Has anyone else experienced this or have any idea of what’s going on? Even my primary care provider is unsure of what’s going on….

[cheryllove777]

Have you had your thyroid checked? Also with your heart, they might need to monitor you for a couple of days. The sweating makes me wonder if you are having hormonal problems which can be vrought on by something as simple as eating soy products. That's kind od a laundry list of symptoms, and generally ER doctors will just focus on one or 2 things. They check for immediate life or limb threatening things, and if they don't see anything life threatening , they'll just say everything is "normal".  I've gone into the ER sick as a dog sweating, vomiting blood, B/P 200/117 and because the doctor didn't feel like accessing my port, he just threw a presciption of ODT zofran at me and discharged me! I went to another hospital where they saved my life! I guess I had a line infection and a clot, so the surgeon was able to get my port out and clear the clot and saved my life! The first hospital treated me as if there was nothing wrong!
Unfortunately the medical system is far from perfect and it can take nearly a lifetime for a proper diagnosis sometimes. The best advice I can give is to be your own advocate, explain to them that you know your body, and you wouldn't be wasting your time at the hospital if there wasn't something really concerning going on. Either way, the ER will end up just referring you back to your primary care doctor for referrals to other specialists who can find answers. I pray you get some answers soon.