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What Causes Palpitations,itcy Skin,shortness Of Breath,heat Flashes And Fatigue?
Question: Hi the last 5 months i been suffering from the following symptoms and they seem to be getting worse
-palpitations
-diarrhea
-itchy skin burning and white spots of dryness all over
-pain in lower left side abdomin
-shortness of breath
-synusis blocked
-heat flashes in my back and shoulders
-sore eyes with redness n bits of yellow n sweliing
-fatigue
-joint pain
-taste of blood or weird taste in my mouth
-pressure on my brain and head
i have done multiple exams and tests and they all tell meits just anxhiety . I dont believe it is so i have done a ct scan of my lower abdomin area and they fund diverticuli and also a blow test which found bacteria in the intestine all blood works came back normal including hiv , hepatitis , kidney liver diabetes.
please help as i dont feel like im getting better i feel like im getting worse. i feel like my body is shutting down and i am an athelete and vey fit
-palpitations
-diarrhea
-itchy skin burning and white spots of dryness all over
-pain in lower left side abdomin
-shortness of breath
-synusis blocked
-heat flashes in my back and shoulders
-sore eyes with redness n bits of yellow n sweliing
-fatigue
-joint pain
-taste of blood or weird taste in my mouth
-pressure on my brain and head
i have done multiple exams and tests and they all tell meits just anxhiety . I dont believe it is so i have done a ct scan of my lower abdomin area and they fund diverticuli and also a blow test which found bacteria in the intestine all blood works came back normal including hiv , hepatitis , kidney liver diabetes.
please help as i dont feel like im getting better i feel like im getting worse. i feel like my body is shutting down and i am an athelete and vey fit
Brief Answer:
May be thyrotoxicosis - overfuctioning of thyroid
Detailed Answer:
HI.
Thanks for your belief in us and for the detailed history , explanations and reports .
CT scan shows only divericulae at sigmoido-colonic junction. THERE IS '' NO Diverticulitis'', meaning there are no signs in CT scan to say these have been inflamed or diseased. They are incidental finding.
These can be confirmed by a Colonoscopy alone.
Seen rest of the reports. TSH is 0.6- touching the lower limits..
What about Free T3 and Free T4 ( thyroid) reports ? They are the most important..
It looks you were fit 5 months back.
What was the history 5 months back when the symptoms started?
Did they start suddenly or were gradually progressive to the present level?
What were the first symptoms?
Was there any history of fever/ chills in the initial period?
What is the treatment history?
Are there tremors of hands when you are stressed or doing fine work?
Do you feel frightened if you see something unexpected?
Only diverticuli (no diverticulitis) with few pus cells in stool can not be the reason for your symptoms.
I am thinking about thyrotoxicosis as a probable reason for your all symptoms including the feeling of body is shutting down although you are an athlete and fit ( as you say)...
May be thyrotoxicosis - overfuctioning of thyroid
Detailed Answer:
HI.
Thanks for your belief in us and for the detailed history , explanations and reports .
CT scan shows only divericulae at sigmoido-colonic junction. THERE IS '' NO Diverticulitis'', meaning there are no signs in CT scan to say these have been inflamed or diseased. They are incidental finding.
These can be confirmed by a Colonoscopy alone.
Seen rest of the reports. TSH is 0.6- touching the lower limits..
What about Free T3 and Free T4 ( thyroid) reports ? They are the most important..
It looks you were fit 5 months back.
What was the history 5 months back when the symptoms started?
Did they start suddenly or were gradually progressive to the present level?
What were the first symptoms?
Was there any history of fever/ chills in the initial period?
What is the treatment history?
Are there tremors of hands when you are stressed or doing fine work?
Do you feel frightened if you see something unexpected?
Only diverticuli (no diverticulitis) with few pus cells in stool can not be the reason for your symptoms.
I am thinking about thyrotoxicosis as a probable reason for your all symptoms including the feeling of body is shutting down although you are an athlete and fit ( as you say)...
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Shanthi.E
Thank you for you quick response
actually 5months before that I was on vacation in malta and had started taking anavar anabolic steroid for two weeks and before that I was taking tribulus to increase natural testosterone and some supplements weigh protein creatine etc whiel I was on vacation I was also partying a lot and drinking excecively on my holidays. then I had a very bad panic attack on my holiday and was hospitalized they brought my heart rate down and didn't think anything of it . This was November .
When I came back to my country of residenc Dubai I had 2 more panic attacks after drinking excessive coffee and since then I have not been touching caffeine or any alcohol or any supplements.
Then my stomach started daily vomiting and diarrhea and with chills fever cold , excess sweating at night and over heating then cold. vertigo and dizziness.
I went to see a doctor they gave me nixium and muscle relaxants which really did not help .
After that did all those exams listed and they started me on atibiotics for bad bacteria in the gut and fibber and acid reflux medication.
By then I had lost a lot of weight more than 12kgs as I was scared to eat and whatever I ate made me sick but then I got aa bit better but there was still this constant overheating in my body back necjk shoulders heart palpitations constantly and my blood pressure was high these days blood pressure normal but I feel like these things are coming on more and more the fatigue the night sweats my skin pealing . vertigo , stomach painis diarrhea and lose stool.
Wheni started getting better I had a few drinks with buddies and ate bad and then a few days later it started all again the symptoms
they started gradually I can say and don't seem to be going.
The first symptoms were palpitations then it went to diarrhea vomiting then everything else followed
night sweats waking up hot
heat flashes chest and back and neck
lower abdominal pains left side especially after sports and food
I have a weird crackel also in my chest sometimes when I take a deep breathe and also chest pain light doctor said its just a injury to the joints in the chest .
My hands get cold they don't tremble much only a few times to be honest
fever chills in initial period were more frequent but now no jusdt the other symptoms.
I have also become sensitive to medication anything they give me I feel short of breath after I take and dizzy
when I train sometimes I feel very dizzy and fatigued and don't feel as bad afterwards . but sometimes I have to stop to catch my breath
My eyes also started to get a little yellow under and my visions becoming blurry I went to an eye doctor said its just an infection of the eyes and gave me ointment been more than two weeks and not getting better
at the same time my skin on hands feet and around mouth peeling a lot and I get a lot of joint pain sometimes .
actually 5months before that I was on vacation in malta and had started taking anavar anabolic steroid for two weeks and before that I was taking tribulus to increase natural testosterone and some supplements weigh protein creatine etc whiel I was on vacation I was also partying a lot and drinking excecively on my holidays. then I had a very bad panic attack on my holiday and was hospitalized they brought my heart rate down and didn't think anything of it . This was November .
When I came back to my country of residenc Dubai I had 2 more panic attacks after drinking excessive coffee and since then I have not been touching caffeine or any alcohol or any supplements.
Then my stomach started daily vomiting and diarrhea and with chills fever cold , excess sweating at night and over heating then cold. vertigo and dizziness.
I went to see a doctor they gave me nixium and muscle relaxants which really did not help .
After that did all those exams listed and they started me on atibiotics for bad bacteria in the gut and fibber and acid reflux medication.
By then I had lost a lot of weight more than 12kgs as I was scared to eat and whatever I ate made me sick but then I got aa bit better but there was still this constant overheating in my body back necjk shoulders heart palpitations constantly and my blood pressure was high these days blood pressure normal but I feel like these things are coming on more and more the fatigue the night sweats my skin pealing . vertigo , stomach painis diarrhea and lose stool.
Wheni started getting better I had a few drinks with buddies and ate bad and then a few days later it started all again the symptoms
they started gradually I can say and don't seem to be going.
The first symptoms were palpitations then it went to diarrhea vomiting then everything else followed
night sweats waking up hot
heat flashes chest and back and neck
lower abdominal pains left side especially after sports and food
I have a weird crackel also in my chest sometimes when I take a deep breathe and also chest pain light doctor said its just a injury to the joints in the chest .
My hands get cold they don't tremble much only a few times to be honest
fever chills in initial period were more frequent but now no jusdt the other symptoms.
I have also become sensitive to medication anything they give me I feel short of breath after I take and dizzy
when I train sometimes I feel very dizzy and fatigued and don't feel as bad afterwards . but sometimes I have to stop to catch my breath
My eyes also started to get a little yellow under and my visions becoming blurry I went to an eye doctor said its just an infection of the eyes and gave me ointment been more than two weeks and not getting better
at the same time my skin on hands feet and around mouth peeling a lot and I get a lot of joint pain sometimes .
Brief Answer:
Side effects of anabolic steroids and others.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.
I think the root lies in the anabolic steroids and ll that you started and had in the vacation period.
All these thing really alter the body mechanism in such a way that it is difficult to reverse back to the normal body clock. This is a routine observation.
Panic attacks with neuro-alteration substances like alcohol and coffee prove this.
This is not a disease but an altered reaction.
Vomiting , diarrhea, chill etc after coming back to Dubai might have been gastro-enteritis which was not properly treated.
Loosing weight was obvious as were the other symptoms.
I would advise to undergo :
Fresh thyroid function test.
A good sedative for the bowel and mind ( you need a prescription)
Routine vitamin supplements.
Additional 6 caps of Vitamin A and 3 sachets of Vitamin D.
Tablet Ciplar ( metoprolol )
No coffee, alcohol or anything which increase your problems.
I hope this helps you to come out of your problems.
Side effects of anabolic steroids and others.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.
I think the root lies in the anabolic steroids and ll that you started and had in the vacation period.
All these thing really alter the body mechanism in such a way that it is difficult to reverse back to the normal body clock. This is a routine observation.
Panic attacks with neuro-alteration substances like alcohol and coffee prove this.
This is not a disease but an altered reaction.
Vomiting , diarrhea, chill etc after coming back to Dubai might have been gastro-enteritis which was not properly treated.
Loosing weight was obvious as were the other symptoms.
I would advise to undergo :
Fresh thyroid function test.
A good sedative for the bowel and mind ( you need a prescription)
Routine vitamin supplements.
Additional 6 caps of Vitamin A and 3 sachets of Vitamin D.
Tablet Ciplar ( metoprolol )
No coffee, alcohol or anything which increase your problems.
I hope this helps you to come out of your problems.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
Thank you for your response and definitely will be looking into what you said
I have spoken to my doctor today as I had an appoitnment with my cardiologist for my heart murmur very small and almost closed on its own and says not the effect on of all my symptoms what so ever.
I showed him what you have told me to do and they have requested the thyroid gland exam
Also vitamin D deficiency exam
Do you recommend a vitamin exam and other ones I should be looking for ?
what about for my stomach gastro entrities can you recommend something for that ?
Whenever I eat anything besides rice and chicken I feel ill asnd I have to run to the bathroom a lot with diarrhea and feel like im going to vomit but I don't
Also im always very gassy with flatulence and belching also I have constant pressure in my head which the doctor said could be the gas do you think so it gets really bad sometimes behind the ears and my vision gets blurry followed by the body heat in stomach region back and neck followed by little trembeling sometimes.
any tests I should be looking to do for that?
what about food allergy exam for gluton and other foods would that help??
I just wanted to ask about what you advised
by sedative do you mean anti depressants ?
thye gave me cyprolax before and my body couldn't handle it from after an hour of the first tablet I felt shortness of breath and dizzy
what vitamins do you recommend besides the ones you stated ??
is this something that can be curred you think over time??
what do you recommend I eat to fix or ease my stomach from the constant bathroom runs and gas
thank you for your help
I have spoken to my doctor today as I had an appoitnment with my cardiologist for my heart murmur very small and almost closed on its own and says not the effect on of all my symptoms what so ever.
I showed him what you have told me to do and they have requested the thyroid gland exam
Also vitamin D deficiency exam
Do you recommend a vitamin exam and other ones I should be looking for ?
what about for my stomach gastro entrities can you recommend something for that ?
Whenever I eat anything besides rice and chicken I feel ill asnd I have to run to the bathroom a lot with diarrhea and feel like im going to vomit but I don't
Also im always very gassy with flatulence and belching also I have constant pressure in my head which the doctor said could be the gas do you think so it gets really bad sometimes behind the ears and my vision gets blurry followed by the body heat in stomach region back and neck followed by little trembeling sometimes.
any tests I should be looking to do for that?
what about food allergy exam for gluton and other foods would that help??
I just wanted to ask about what you advised
by sedative do you mean anti depressants ?
thye gave me cyprolax before and my body couldn't handle it from after an hour of the first tablet I felt shortness of breath and dizzy
what vitamins do you recommend besides the ones you stated ??
is this something that can be curred you think over time??
what do you recommend I eat to fix or ease my stomach from the constant bathroom runs and gas
thank you for your help
Brief Answer:
awaiting for thyroid reports
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.
Yes, there is no harm in doing vitamin exam, go for it.
All you gastro symptoms can be die to IBS ( irritable bowel syndrome). Colonoscopy shows few aphthous ulcers and upper GI endoscopy shows gastro-duodinitis. These can be signs of the IBS complex and not a disease in itself.
Gone through your reports. You may go for food allergy reports.
All sedatives are not necessarily depressants and induce sleep or so.
A combination of Chlordiazepoxide + Clidinium Bromide really works well without much side effects. Your requirements may be from just a tablet at bedtime to 2 tablets thrice daily. YOU NEED A PRESCRIPTION for such medicines.
Vitamins as already stated. (Routine vitamin supplements.
Additional 6 caps of Vitamin A and 3 sachets of Vitamin D).
Cure:: many patients who have worst symptoms with no social and work life can get alright, why can not you? Yes, this is controllable till you repeat the instigating factors like foods/ tensions/ stress and worries.
Food: Simple principle to follow- eat whatever suits your bowel and never touch the foods, beverages that your bowels are not tolerating.
All the best for a great recovery and a real Stress-less life.
awaiting for thyroid reports
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.
Yes, there is no harm in doing vitamin exam, go for it.
All you gastro symptoms can be die to IBS ( irritable bowel syndrome). Colonoscopy shows few aphthous ulcers and upper GI endoscopy shows gastro-duodinitis. These can be signs of the IBS complex and not a disease in itself.
Gone through your reports. You may go for food allergy reports.
All sedatives are not necessarily depressants and induce sleep or so.
A combination of Chlordiazepoxide + Clidinium Bromide really works well without much side effects. Your requirements may be from just a tablet at bedtime to 2 tablets thrice daily. YOU NEED A PRESCRIPTION for such medicines.
Vitamins as already stated. (Routine vitamin supplements.
Additional 6 caps of Vitamin A and 3 sachets of Vitamin D).
Cure:: many patients who have worst symptoms with no social and work life can get alright, why can not you? Yes, this is controllable till you repeat the instigating factors like foods/ tensions/ stress and worries.
Food: Simple principle to follow- eat whatever suits your bowel and never touch the foods, beverages that your bowels are not tolerating.
All the best for a great recovery and a real Stress-less life.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
Hi Doctor
just got my results for the test
of thyroid and vitamin D3 and they seem normal
I have been feeling a bit better but still have the following symptoms
when I wake up sore hands and joins have to close fingers a few times in order to get them lose
neck is sore and weird pressure in back of head almost like a leaky feeling in the brain
presuure in the brain and ears click a lot
still overheating and dry eyes
foggy brain sometimes
crackling in the chest
palpitations
dry skin is gone
trembeling in hands more frequent
I have a bursitis that's not going away on the left elbow had surgery and drained a few times it started from sports but seems to be staying .
dry throat constantly
still problems in the stomach
I have seen a doctor on the bursa she said she wants me to do an xray of the spleen
and blood works for eurick acid?
but mostly all these symptoms seem to happen after eating
and a small pain near my hip in the lower left side of abdomen
just got my results for the test
of thyroid and vitamin D3 and they seem normal
I have been feeling a bit better but still have the following symptoms
when I wake up sore hands and joins have to close fingers a few times in order to get them lose
neck is sore and weird pressure in back of head almost like a leaky feeling in the brain
presuure in the brain and ears click a lot
still overheating and dry eyes
foggy brain sometimes
crackling in the chest
palpitations
dry skin is gone
trembeling in hands more frequent
I have a bursitis that's not going away on the left elbow had surgery and drained a few times it started from sports but seems to be staying .
dry throat constantly
still problems in the stomach
I have seen a doctor on the bursa she said she wants me to do an xray of the spleen
and blood works for eurick acid?
but mostly all these symptoms seem to happen after eating
and a small pain near my hip in the lower left side of abdomen
Brief Answer:
continue medicines without break
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
It is 5 days since we have had interaction.
Nice to know that the Thyroid and Vit D reports are normal. I would have really liked to see the report of Thyroid. Dry skin is gone.
Please continue the medicines , give some time for them to work effectively.
Recovery takes time. So please follow the courses regularly. Do not interrupt the medicines (as some people try to see the results).
As you have mentioned all these symptoms happen after food. Once the intestinal problem will be solved , all other symptoms will be abated.
continue medicines without break
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
It is 5 days since we have had interaction.
Nice to know that the Thyroid and Vit D reports are normal. I would have really liked to see the report of Thyroid. Dry skin is gone.
Please continue the medicines , give some time for them to work effectively.
Recovery takes time. So please follow the courses regularly. Do not interrupt the medicines (as some people try to see the results).
As you have mentioned all these symptoms happen after food. Once the intestinal problem will be solved , all other symptoms will be abated.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
hi doctor
thank you and will do
I have uploaded the thyroid report and vitamin d for you to see please let me know if you cant see them and I will reupload
thank you and will do
I have uploaded the thyroid report and vitamin d for you to see please let me know if you cant see them and I will reupload
Brief Answer:
please re-upload.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Most welcome.
Please re-upload the reports or write with the normal range.
Not seen to be added to the previous ones...
please re-upload.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Most welcome.
Please re-upload the reports or write with the normal range.
Not seen to be added to the previous ones...
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
Hi Doctor
I have reuploaded the records for you to see
please let me know if you are able to see them if not I will write them in the comments .
thank you
I have reuploaded the records for you to see
please let me know if you are able to see them if not I will write them in the comments .
thank you
Brief Answer:
pl write them with the normal range also.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
I am sorry to say they are not added to the previous reports
Please write them here and with the normal range also ( as different labs can have different normal ranges)
pl write them with the normal range also.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
I am sorry to say they are not added to the previous reports
Please write them here and with the normal range also ( as different labs can have different normal ranges)
Note: For further follow up on digestive issues share your reports here and Click here.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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