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What Causes Breathing Difficulty, Head And Neck Pain, Hot Flashes And Dizziness?
Brief Answer:
Needs work up and management
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking
I read your question and i understand your concern. Shortness of breath, head and neck pain on lying down, hot flashes and dizziness at age of 40 and history of smoking needs a little work up to find out the cause. For example , shortness of breath needs lungs and heart functions assessment , with history of smoking which is a risk factor for both pulmonary and cardiac causes that can cause dyspnea (shortness of breath) needs assessment and evaluation. Baseline tests like ekg, echocardiography, lung functions tests like Peak expiratory flow rate, PFTs with reversibility etc need to be done. Quitting smoking now would be a good idea and this itself can help.
Dizziness may be a separate entity and may just need antivert for symptomatic relief. It could be assocuated with dyspnea as well if it is due to heart , only work up will tell. If you have any other ear discomfort like hearing difficulty, pain or buzzing sound then this dizziness can be attributed to this.
Lethargy and hot flashes on males should be assessed for hormonal causes like hyperthyroidism, blood cell counts as smoking can cause raised red blood cells polycythemia and that can cause these hot flashing and lethargy.
Nutshell, it needs complete clinical correlation to find out the possible cause for it. Talk to your local physician and let them help. I hope it helps. Take good care of yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.
Regards
Khan
Needs work up and management
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking
I read your question and i understand your concern. Shortness of breath, head and neck pain on lying down, hot flashes and dizziness at age of 40 and history of smoking needs a little work up to find out the cause. For example , shortness of breath needs lungs and heart functions assessment , with history of smoking which is a risk factor for both pulmonary and cardiac causes that can cause dyspnea (shortness of breath) needs assessment and evaluation. Baseline tests like ekg, echocardiography, lung functions tests like Peak expiratory flow rate, PFTs with reversibility etc need to be done. Quitting smoking now would be a good idea and this itself can help.
Dizziness may be a separate entity and may just need antivert for symptomatic relief. It could be assocuated with dyspnea as well if it is due to heart , only work up will tell. If you have any other ear discomfort like hearing difficulty, pain or buzzing sound then this dizziness can be attributed to this.
Lethargy and hot flashes on males should be assessed for hormonal causes like hyperthyroidism, blood cell counts as smoking can cause raised red blood cells polycythemia and that can cause these hot flashing and lethargy.
Nutshell, it needs complete clinical correlation to find out the possible cause for it. Talk to your local physician and let them help. I hope it helps. Take good care of yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.
Regards
Khan
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