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What Causes Purple Toes, Tingling, Chest Pain, Visual Disturbance And Dyspnea?

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Posted on Thu, 9 Jun 2016
Question: I have goose bumps, purple toes/fingers, tingling, chest pain, and shortness of breath and visual disturbance is it more likely medical of psychological?
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Anxiety is the commonest cause.More details?

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

Though reading through the symptoms,make 'Anxiety' as the first possibility over here because the kind of syndromic manifestations you have mentioned are most commonly observed clinically in anxiety.However,I need to know some more details to express my opinion better on this-
1)Since when are you having these symptoms?
2)Are these persistent or improves intermittently?
3)Does this correlate with anxiety?
4)Any other past disease or medical history?

I shall be glad to have you in follow-up with details so that I can answer this well further.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Ajay Panwar (13 hours later)
It's persistant. I don't know if it's correlated to anxiety. I have lost conciousness a couple times. I saw a dr a couple years ago who told me that he didn't know why and not to worry about it unless it got worse. My only know medical "issue" is that I have enlarged red blood cells which I'm told can cause light headedness.
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (20 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Repeat hemogram/ Anxiety is the probable cause.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being in follow-up and providing further details.

As the symptoms have not worsened over a couple of years,so it is more likely to be anxiety.If it would have been a definite organic disease,probability was high of the disease progression.

However,as you mentioned of increased red blood cells,that can definitely cause light headedness and other problems as well,however,one report can be false at times and it should be re-confirmed.So,you should get a repeat hemogram test done.

If symptoms however increase in future,then you should get yourself physically examined.

Hope that helps.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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What Causes Purple Toes, Tingling, Chest Pain, Visual Disturbance And Dyspnea?

Brief Answer: Anxiety is the commonest cause.More details? Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. Though reading through the symptoms,make 'Anxiety' as the first possibility over here because the kind of syndromic manifestations you have mentioned are most commonly observed clinically in anxiety.However,I need to know some more details to express my opinion better on this- 1)Since when are you having these symptoms? 2)Are these persistent or improves intermittently? 3)Does this correlate with anxiety? 4)Any other past disease or medical history? I shall be glad to have you in follow-up with details so that I can answer this well further. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)