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What Causes Excessive Sweating, Heart Palpitations And Labored Breathing?
i had a scary incident last night. hot/cold with extreme sweats. heart palpitations. very fast pulse. labored, shallow breathing. fainted. could understand what my husband was saying but unable to respond. thought a warm bath would help but water felt both scalding and freezing at same time. kept collapsing. finally got into bed and soaked clothing 4 times during night. this has happened to me several times before and i have been to the er. each time the doctors said they didn t know what it was and sent me home. i really felt as if i were dying. my husband was sure i stopped breathing at one point.
Fri, 7 Jul 2017
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms could be related to a metabolic disorder or an infection.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a careful physical exam and some tests to investigate for the possible causes:
- a chest X ray study
- a resting ECG and cardiac ultrasound
- a urine analysis
- complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation
- kidney and liver function tests
- fasting glucose
- thyroid hormone levels
- cortisol plasma levels.
Further tests may be needed.
Meanwhile, I would recommend you to closely monitor your body temperature and your blood pressure values during those episodes.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms could be related to a metabolic disorder or an infection.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a careful physical exam and some tests to investigate for the possible causes:
- a chest X ray study
- a resting ECG and cardiac ultrasound
- a urine analysis
- complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation
- kidney and liver function tests
- fasting glucose
- thyroid hormone levels
- cortisol plasma levels.
Further tests may be needed.
Meanwhile, I would recommend you to closely monitor your body temperature and your blood pressure values during those episodes.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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