Suffering from severe chest pains for a week now, doctors cant help can you?!
Question:
Suffering from severe chest pains for a week now, doctors cant help can you?
for the past week ive been suffering with a tightness aroung my chest and experiencing sharp pains when i breathe at times, the strength of the pain varies day to day and pain re;ief doesnt take the pain away, im using co-codamol at the moment which a doctor prescribed, i had also been prescribed anti inflamitries which worked but also made me sick
i have not been in any accidents or injured myself in anyway which could have caused this can any health proffesionals help me please, i cant get to see another doctor till tuesday
2 weeks ago
im 24, a full time housewife with no reasons to be stressed that i know of, i eat a healthy diet, apart from the odd pack of crisps and found that even day to day things, like walking to the shop for milk with the kids is a struggle
2 weeks ago
oh and it hurts when you put pressure on my chest... things like holding my one year old for a cuddle will send a sharp pain through my chest for at least a minute
Answers:
Stuff that....by pass the GP's and get yourself to A and E now. Say something like, it has got worse over the last hour or so, anything. You need to be seen and scanned.
I have to say two things immediately spring to mind...
1) Fractured ribs due to pressure, lifting or moving heavy objects perhaps
and
2) (The one I am concerned with) Pulmonary Embolism. A blood clot in the lung...which is potentially a major major problem.
Does the pain increase when you move? Does it stab when you breath? Are you overweight or smoke?
Sorry to concern you, but you need to sort this out now.
Good Luck and my thought are with you xxx
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At the very very least you must get scanned....there are many conditions which can give rise to these type of symptoms and I am still not going to let number 2 drop....Ive seen too many PE's to let it go....BUT please insist you are scanned, even piss off your Doctor I don't care, ask to be scanned. Just because you are young doesn't mean you wont get ill or you are just having psychological problems.