
Suggest Treatment For IBS, Shortness Of Breath And Heaviness In Chest

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Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
I carefully passed through your question and would explain that it is important performing a comprehensive differential diagnosis of different causes that may lead to this symptomatology:
- Heart failure. A low cardiac function can lead to such symptomatology.
- Coronary artery disease. Sometimes, especially in diabetic patients, heaviness in the chest or shortness of breath can be an alarm sign or coronary artery disease.
- Respiratory disorders. In such case ventolin would help (but not in the above cases).
- Chronic anemia
So, I recommend going to the ER for a careful physical exam and some tests:
- a resting ECG and cardiac enzymes
- a cardiac ultrasound to examine his cardiac function
- a chest X ray study and respiratory function tests
- some blood lab tests (complete blood count, blood electrolytes).
If his symptoms have now improved, it can wait until consulting with his attending doctor.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri

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