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Jay asked:


For days now I have had constant sharp middle back pains. It hurts to sneeze, cough, bend and lift heavy objects. I can hardly walk or sit, I’m only comfortable when I’m lying down in bed, even then I can’t move, i have to stay in one position. Whatever way I twist, turn or bend, not only does it hurt, but its like I cant breathe. Why is this?

Dshantay

peterhutch asked:




Palpitations are heartbeat sensations that feel like your heart is pounding or racing. You may simply have an unpleasant awareness of your own heartbeat, or may feel skipped or stopped beats. The heart’s rhythm may be normal or abnormal. Palpitations can be felt in your chest, throat, or neck.

Causes

Palpitation of the heart may occur due to a variety of factors, most of which may not be related to the heart itself. Anything which increases the work load of the heart may bring on this condition. Some persons may experience palpitations when lying on the left side, because the heart is nearer the chest wall in that position. Many nervous persons suffer from this condition.

Unexplained palpitations, that occur for no apparent reason and become more frequent, can be due to many other medical conditions, some of which will need investigation and treatment. These illnesses include, but are not limited to, heart disease, anxiety disorders, drug abuse, as a side effect of certain medications and excessive alcohol consumption all of which can be detrimental to health and medical advice should be sought.

Drinking too much alcohol, stress or anxiety, certain medications, such as diet pills or thyroid hormone replacement, and certain over-the-counter medications and recreational drugs could provoke some heart palpitations.Some of conditions that can cause palpitations include serious illness or fever, nausea and vomiting, thyroid gland disease, anemia as condition in your number of red blood cells is less than normal, and heart disease. It is not so rare that lung disease and adrenal gland tumor, as well as hypoglycemia could provoke heart palpitations.

Symptoms

You may feel like your heart is racing, jumping, throbbing, or “fluttering” in your chest. You may feel like your heart has extra beats, stops for a short time, or skips a beat. Palpitations may be serious if you feel dizzy, confused (trouble thinking), light-headed, have trouble breathing, or faint (pass out). They may also be serious if you feel pain, pressure, or tightness in your chest, neck, jaw, arms, or upper back.

Home Care

Reducing stress and anxiety can help lessen the frequency or intensity of your heart palpitations. Try breathing exercises or deep relaxation (a step-by-step process of tensing and then relaxing every muscle group in your body) when palpitations occur. Practicing yoga or tai chi on a regular basis can reduce the frequency of your palpitations.

Patients with palpitations should try to keep a journal of when, where, and what circumstances surround their palpitations. They should learn how to take their pulse and document their pulse rate, whether the palpitations occur in isolation or in a pattern, and what associated symptoms exist, including lightheadedness, nausea, sweating, chest pain, or shortness of breath.

If heart palpitations become severe, antiarrhythmic medication can be injected intravenously. If this treatment fails, cardioversion may be required. Cardioversion is usually performed under a short general anaesthesia, and involves delivering an electric shock to the chest, which stops the abnormal rhythm and allows the normal rhythm to continue.



Dshantay

the spanglemaker asked:


Hi all, just a bit mystified and wondered if anyone out there had any similar experiences and a speculative diagnosis. Sorry for the wordiness but I’d like a considered answer so I’ll give a considered description!!

First, a bit of history which may or may not be related…

I am a 23 year old female, somewhat underweight, blood sugar levels usually fine, and I have a history of anxiety managed normally by anti depressants and occasional anti-anxiety meds. I’m a smoker. In the last couple of years my panic attacks have been strangely based on finding it difficult to breathe, which I then labelled as a psychosomatic symptom of my anxiety. However recently several doctors have diagnosed me with asthma. It is hard for me to dilineate between what is an asthma attack, a panic attack and if I even have asthma at all. I still have some issues when on meds to do with breathing, which makes asthma seem likely. Plus I really should stop smoking, yes.

It has now been about a month since I have taken any of my medication and I’ve already weathered the SSRI withdrawals… anyway, it’s been at least six months since I’ve taken the SSRIs regularly and haven’t taken any other anxiety meds for longer. The other night I was riding in a taxi when I felt my heartrate pick up and my hands start to become sweaty. I had taken some ventolin a while beforehand, which sometimes causes these symptoms. I waited for it to pass and it only increased. I didn’t seem to be having any trouble breathing and it came out of the blue. I started focussing on my breathing and my chest felt relatively clear and just slightly tight. My hands were now completely engulfed in pins and needles and my thumbs on both hands spasmed suddenly against the rest of my fingers. This was pretty scary but I was trying to ride it out, noting I could prise my hands apart with mental will but on their own, without concentration, they immediately went back into spasm. Then my feet started to sweat as well, and became slightly tingly. They reached a brief point where I thought “I will fall over if I have to stand up” but this passed quickly and subsided to a vague tingle. Occasionally my legs started to feel tingly behind the backs of my knees too, and there was a slightly odd muscular sensation like the faintest of spasms. All these other areas of my body stayed pretty OK and just faintly effected but my hands remained locked, sweaty, freezing and tingly. I may have been beginning to hyperventilate by now, getting a bit panicked. I was starting to feel dizzy and I couldn’t focus on the road ahead, and I also couldn’t tell if this had started before or after the hyperventilating. I almost warned the cab driver I was about to faint, because it felt exactly like pre-fainting dizziness. Instead I called my friend with great difficulty (trying to make my hands cooperate) to distract myself but the mental distraction did nothing to lessen the hand issue, or the dizziness. Throughout the conversation I controlled my breathing better but the dizziness kept coming in waves and made me feel very detached and odd.
My hands were getting worse. Now they had no dexterity, they shook (more slowly and obviously than normal tremors) and were still completely tingly. When I had to give money to the cab driver, I literally had to sort of manipulate the money between my thumb and the side of my forefinger against which my thumb was stuck, awkwardly. I couldn’t really handle notes and change and despite my best mental efforts to look normal for the cab driver (this sort of effort usually brings me out of panic attacks), I had no choice but to completely fumble my change with my now near-paralysed hands.
I got out of the cab OK physically aside from the hands, but I was feeling pretty panicky now because I’d never had anything like this. My legs felt a bit weak but carried me. The dizziness was quite intense still but manageable. It took about ten minutes before my hands started to return to normal. I suddenly felt very hungry but then immediately ill when I thought of food, and I returned to normal without any sugar or food of any sort. Slowly the sweats and racing heart subsided. Three days later I was walking when my legs were overcome with weakness in a similarly sudden unprovoked fashion, no tingles but it took some time before they felt normal and for a few minutes it was a serious effort to move them and stay upright.

All very odd. Sorry about the length but googling has returned no good results….just curious and a little worried :-/

Thanks for putting up with that

Cheryll