Natasha006
01-11-14, 01:39
Hi Everyone,
So i have made a few posts lately about DVTs chest pains, headaches, etc. I am quite sure that most of this is probably caused from my anxiety however, i cant help but feel that maybe a health issue is causing my anxiety and not the other way around.
I am going to try and make this short and hopefully have a few people help me out here..
I have sharp shooting pains in my left side of my chest. It feels like something is stabbing me. Then I will have like crushing feeling and I will have trouble breathing, or feel like my lungs have too much air.
I have had numerous ecgs done in the last two weeks, and i mean like 5-6. They have all come back somewhat borderline but the doctors dont seem to be bothered by this.. I had a D Dimer done to test for PE. It came back negative. Then I have an ultrasound done on my calf as I was feeling very sore and the it came back negative for DVT.
My worry is... can i have a false negative. Could the blood clot already traveled to my lungs and this is why I am not feeling well, and having chest pains and anxiety and shortness of breath etc.
I am extremely low risk. I dont smoke, i dont take birth controls or estrogen pills, i havent travelled but i do sit at work all day long and then come home and dont feel like doing much.
I dont really know where to go from here. I am not 100% convinced that its not a blood clot or PE. Could it still be there and the tests just show negative? Are these symptoms being caused by my anxiety ?
Any help or advice would be great. I dont want to let this control my life. I am afraid of a heart attack every single day now.
thanks guys,
Nat
So i have made a few posts lately about DVTs chest pains, headaches, etc. I am quite sure that most of this is probably caused from my anxiety however, i cant help but feel that maybe a health issue is causing my anxiety and not the other way around.
I am going to try and make this short and hopefully have a few people help me out here..
I have sharp shooting pains in my left side of my chest. It feels like something is stabbing me. Then I will have like crushing feeling and I will have trouble breathing, or feel like my lungs have too much air.
I have had numerous ecgs done in the last two weeks, and i mean like 5-6. They have all come back somewhat borderline but the doctors dont seem to be bothered by this.. I had a D Dimer done to test for PE. It came back negative. Then I have an ultrasound done on my calf as I was feeling very sore and the it came back negative for DVT.
My worry is... can i have a false negative. Could the blood clot already traveled to my lungs and this is why I am not feeling well, and having chest pains and anxiety and shortness of breath etc.
I am extremely low risk. I dont smoke, i dont take birth controls or estrogen pills, i havent travelled but i do sit at work all day long and then come home and dont feel like doing much.
I dont really know where to go from here. I am not 100% convinced that its not a blood clot or PE. Could it still be there and the tests just show negative? Are these symptoms being caused by my anxiety ?
Any help or advice would be great. I dont want to let this control my life. I am afraid of a heart attack every single day now.
thanks guys,
Nat