Vicki08
03-11-08, 20:28
HELP!!!!
Hey guys, really need your help I feel sick with worry at this moment in time.
I have health anxiety and I have been fairly good these last few months, however, I was sitting at work today really bored so I started to play around with my fingernails.
I noticed a really thin reddish-brown splinter type line on my little finger nail. I have had these appear before but never really thought much about them. However, since my health anxiety was diagnosed I have been really tuned into things going on in my body and I decided to google these strange lines in my nail......
BIG MISTAKE!! :lac:
According to what I found, these splinter type lines are a sign of heart problems (mainly an infection of your heart) I nearly fell off my chair and immediately my heart started to pound and miss beats and I felt really lightheaded (which made me think that I had heart problems even more so!)
I am really worried about this and am now obsessed with the health of my nails.
I had an 2 ECG's and blood tests December last year when I first started to get anxiety and panic attacks. The tests were all negative. Do I need to go back to the docs and ask for more tests on my heart?
I wish I hadnt googled I am really stupid for doing it :weep:
But, I really am scared that something is seriously wrong. Please Please Please, could any of you lovely people give me some advice?? I'm shaking like a leaf! :weep:
Thank you millions
Vicki XXXXX
Hey guys, really need your help I feel sick with worry at this moment in time.
I have health anxiety and I have been fairly good these last few months, however, I was sitting at work today really bored so I started to play around with my fingernails.
I noticed a really thin reddish-brown splinter type line on my little finger nail. I have had these appear before but never really thought much about them. However, since my health anxiety was diagnosed I have been really tuned into things going on in my body and I decided to google these strange lines in my nail......
BIG MISTAKE!! :lac:
According to what I found, these splinter type lines are a sign of heart problems (mainly an infection of your heart) I nearly fell off my chair and immediately my heart started to pound and miss beats and I felt really lightheaded (which made me think that I had heart problems even more so!)
I am really worried about this and am now obsessed with the health of my nails.
I had an 2 ECG's and blood tests December last year when I first started to get anxiety and panic attacks. The tests were all negative. Do I need to go back to the docs and ask for more tests on my heart?
I wish I hadnt googled I am really stupid for doing it :weep:
But, I really am scared that something is seriously wrong. Please Please Please, could any of you lovely people give me some advice?? I'm shaking like a leaf! :weep:
Thank you millions
Vicki XXXXX