moodyblue
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Post by moodyblue on Aug 3, 2016 22:23:20 GMT
OutspokenTell me more about this pain. Is is just under your left breast? Is it a burning pain? Can you reproduce the pain when you touch that area? Are you having a cough? Any rashes? I'm almost leaning towards shingles. I know that sounds odd but hear me out..... several years ago I had a pt that presented very much like you are. We found nothing on chest x-ray, nothing on EKG, nothing on cardiac enzymes...nothing. Zippo. Zilch. A day or two goes by and the same pt shows up without any relief of symptoms but this time has a fever. We draw more labs. More nothing. We see this little tiny rash popping up and I'm like "this guy has shingles!!" Not saying this is what it is but my shingles started very similarly too except I didn't have chest pains to speak of. Mine felt more musculoskeletal but then I spiked a bit of a temp and then got the rash about 4 days later. After putting all the pieces together, it all added up to shingles. m We have a friend who recently went to the ER with chest pain and went through the same testing bit you did. He had the stress test and all was fine and he was sent home. He took a shower that day or the next (not sure of timing) and came out in just a towel and his wife went ”what's that rash?" - turns out he had shingles. |
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Post by Outspoken on Aug 3, 2016 22:27:07 GMT
Outspoken Tell me more about this pain. Is is just under your left breast? Is it a burning pain? Can you reproduce the pain when you touch that area? Are you having a cough? Any rashes? I'm almost leaning towards shingles. I know that sounds odd but hear me out..... several years ago I had a pt that presented very much like you are. We found nothing on chest x-ray, nothing on EKG, nothing on cardiac enzymes...nothing. Zippo. Zilch. A day or two goes by and the same pt shows up without any relief of symptoms but this time has a fever. We draw more labs. More nothing. We see this little tiny rash popping up and I'm like "this guy has shingles!!" Not saying this is what it is but my shingles started very similarly too except I didn't have chest pains to speak of. Mine felt more musculoskeletal but then I spiked a bit of a temp and then got the rash about 4 days later. After putting all the pieces together, it all added up to shingles. m We have a friend who recently went to the ER with chest pain and went through the same testing bit you did. He had the stress test and all was fine and he was sent home. He took a shower that day or the next (not sure of timing) and came out in just a towel and his wife went ”what's that rash?" - turns out he had shingles. Thank you! I'm going to be watching for a rash! I usually try to avoid looking at myself in the mirror!  |
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