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Suggest Treatment For Heart Palpitations, Tiredness And Dizziness In An Elderly Woman
I am a 56 year old female. I have been experiencing palpitations, very tired and just want to lay down and sleep, feel dizzy and lightheaded. Have a low grade fever with a slight headache. Have a dull type fullness in upper abdomen. Experiencing slight heaviness in neck and chest.
Thu, 21 Dec 2017
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I understand your concern and would explain that your symptoms could be related to a metabolic disorder (anemia, thyroid dysfunction, electrolyte imbalance, etc.) or an infection.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician and performing some tests:
- a chest X ray study
- complete blood count for anemia
- blood electrolytess
- PCR, ESR for inflammation
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction
- a cardiac ultrasound to examine your heart function and structure.
If all the above tests result normal, I would recommend performing an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring to investigate for cardiac arrhythmia.
Meanwhile, I would recommend you to closely monitor your blood pressure values.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Wishing good health,
Dr. Iliri
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
I understand your concern and would explain that your symptoms could be related to a metabolic disorder (anemia, thyroid dysfunction, electrolyte imbalance, etc.) or an infection.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician and performing some tests:
- a chest X ray study
- complete blood count for anemia
- blood electrolytess
- PCR, ESR for inflammation
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction
- a cardiac ultrasound to examine your heart function and structure.
If all the above tests result normal, I would recommend performing an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring to investigate for cardiac arrhythmia.
Meanwhile, I would recommend you to closely monitor your blood pressure values.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Wishing good health,
Dr. Iliri
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