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Suggest Treatment For High Blood Pressure And Shortness Of Breath

Today after I had a bowel movement, I became very weak, sweating everywhere on my body, shortness of breath. I went to the ER and blood pressure was 110/100. I was released after 5hrs. I was told to follow up with a GI. Bloodwork came back normal, no infection, xray showed I had little stool in my intestines. I am still weak and tried. I have been having issues with this for about 6wks, but never the shaking, etc. I had other tests done last month showing I have red and white bloodcells, protein, and other cells in my urine. I had a CT scan done last month as well and it showed I had moderate amount of residue in my intestines. I have been Gluten free for about 5yrs and I felt 10x s better but now I am hit and miss. I have a hard time eating, I am eating about 1 meal a day. I am never hungry and when I do eat I feel bloated and sick to my stomach. There are times I will have a headache that will last for days and nothing I take will take care of it. It can get so bad I am in tears. What are your thoughts on what I should do or ask the Dr. to test for?
Mon, 20 Jul 2015
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For shortness of breath issue, you need to evaluate cardiovascular and lung function to relieve you from the tension of chest problems, this means:

cardiac: ecg, echo, ett
lungs: chest x-ray, pulmonary function tests

Once they're done, you should move on to other issues, as you stated you had kidney issue too, get that test repeated and see if it's aggravated or reduced

kidneys: Renal function tests

Now coming to the nausea when trying to eat something, do you have epigastric burning too? (burning below the rib cage in the center), please let me know so that we can discuss further regarding your treatment plan and investigations required.
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Suggest Treatment For High Blood Pressure And Shortness Of Breath

For shortness of breath issue, you need to evaluate cardiovascular and lung function to relieve you from the tension of chest problems, this means: cardiac: ecg, echo, ett lungs: chest x-ray, pulmonary function tests Once they re done, you should move on to other issues, as you stated you had kidney issue too, get that test repeated and see if it s aggravated or reduced kidneys: Renal function tests Now coming to the nausea when trying to eat something, do you have epigastric burning too? (burning below the rib cage in the center), please let me know so that we can discuss further regarding your treatment plan and investigations required.