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Suggest Treatment For Headaches And Heart Palpitations
I feel like a blockage of breathing ? Im 16 female, im on birthcontrol, i have heart palpulations sometimes. I have had headaches lately.. usually when im with a few people i feel i cant breathe, but now Its happening when im just sitting at home. I feel often dizy, sharp pains in chest a lot. Im just scared and dont know whats going on. I fear like, when i cant breathe im going to die.
Tue, 10 Jan 2017
Hi,
I carefully passed through your question and would explain that considering your young age, the most probable cause of your complaints seems to be anxiety. Anyway, the fact that you take birth control pills, makes you more susceptible to increased cardio-vascular risk and exacerbates headaches.
So, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a physical exam and some tests to investigate for other possible causes underlying your symptoms:
- a chest X ray study and respiratory function tests to exclude a lung disorder
- a resting ECG- thyroid hormone levels for possible thyroid dysfunction
- a cardiac stress test
- complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation. If all the above tests result normal, you should consider anxiety as the main cause of your troubles.
Hope this will be helpful. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
I carefully passed through your question and would explain that considering your young age, the most probable cause of your complaints seems to be anxiety. Anyway, the fact that you take birth control pills, makes you more susceptible to increased cardio-vascular risk and exacerbates headaches.
So, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a physical exam and some tests to investigate for other possible causes underlying your symptoms:
- a chest X ray study and respiratory function tests to exclude a lung disorder
- a resting ECG- thyroid hormone levels for possible thyroid dysfunction
- a cardiac stress test
- complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation. If all the above tests result normal, you should consider anxiety as the main cause of your troubles.
Hope this will be helpful. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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