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Suffering From Shortness Of Breath Specially While Doing Exercise

Hi my name is Frankie and am from PNG.Theres this cold and numb thing on my feet and hands and makes me feel sick every afternoon after i go home from work. Before that i was frequenting hospital due to viral infections/ URHT and also chickungunya malaria. Malaria blood test is negative. Am also suffering from shortness of breating especially when doing exercises.
Fri, 6 Feb 2015
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your problem and situation.
Breathlessness on exercise is seen commonly in cardiac and pulmonary causes.
So we need to rule out these first.
So get done
1. ECG to rule out cardiac cause.
2. Chest x ray and PFT (pulmonary function test) to rule out pulmonary causes.
If all of the above are normal then get done CBC (complete blood count) to rule out anaemia and thyroid function test to rule out thyroid diseases, because anaemia and thyroid diseases can also cause breathlessness on exercise.
If these are also negative then you are mostly having anxiety.
So avoid stress and tension. Be relax and calm.
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Suffering From Shortness Of Breath Specially While Doing Exercise

Thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your problem and situation. Breathlessness on exercise is seen commonly in cardiac and pulmonary causes. So we need to rule out these first. So get done 1. ECG to rule out cardiac cause. 2. Chest x ray and PFT (pulmonary function test) to rule out pulmonary causes. If all of the above are normal then get done CBC (complete blood count) to rule out anaemia and thyroid function test to rule out thyroid diseases, because anaemia and thyroid diseases can also cause breathlessness on exercise. If these are also negative then you are mostly having anxiety. So avoid stress and tension. Be relax and calm.