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Fighting Depression, Pain In Chest, Jaw. Cholesterol High. Cause For Above Symptoms?
My wife is 55 years old. Fairly good health- not overweight . She has been fighting depression for about ten years since I was injured in an accident that left me permantley disabled. She went to see a Family Medicine doctor two weeks ago because she has been having some chest pain/discomfort and some pain in her jaw as well as fighting the depression. (The pain has happened three or four times in the past two months.) This is the first time in 6 years she has been to the doctor. The Family Med doctor didn t listen to her heart- just prescribed anti-depressants to help with her depression.We do not have any insurance and only have meger SSD income from my injuries, so she has been reluctant to go to the ER. The symptoms came on again about 30 minutes ago along with sweaty hands. I checked her pulse and listened to her heart with a stethoscope- heartrate-80bpm heart does not have abnormal rythym. Her cholesterol panel last week showed HDL/ LDL ratio .28, cholesterol 294, triglycerides 145, and TSH 1.67. What does this sound like is going on?
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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Your wife's symptoms may represent anxiety given the circumstances however prior to concluding so, she should seek evaluation for her chest discomfort to exclude cardiac causes. Due to your health insurance issues, I would suggest evaluation in a local emergency room. She may benefit from a short stay admission, evaluation by a cardiologist and possibly a stress test. You should not fear the financial cost while waiting for an unfortunate event to potentialy occur. The hospital will assist with financial arrangements, charity coverage, medicaid or other means of getting her evaluation covered/paid for. You will need to speak with a a financial counselor or social worker at the hospital for details.
Take care and be well
Your wife's symptoms may represent anxiety given the circumstances however prior to concluding so, she should seek evaluation for her chest discomfort to exclude cardiac causes. Due to your health insurance issues, I would suggest evaluation in a local emergency room. She may benefit from a short stay admission, evaluation by a cardiologist and possibly a stress test. You should not fear the financial cost while waiting for an unfortunate event to potentialy occur. The hospital will assist with financial arrangements, charity coverage, medicaid or other means of getting her evaluation covered/paid for. You will need to speak with a a financial counselor or social worker at the hospital for details.
Take care and be well
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