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What Are The Symptoms Of Damage To The Heart Tissue Or Vessels?
hi my husband of 32 had a non penetrating chest trauma on his left side after cycling into a post 2 years ago,we went to a&e to check it out but they didnt seem to worry about it,even though no tests/xrays were done.shortly after he suffered repeated heartburn and could pinpoint to a tender area on left side of chest where it felt to be burning inside.he took omeprazole and domperidone for 2 years but symptoms persisted,he had a camera into his stomach but everything looked normal,his lymph nodes are ok too.however for the past 6 weeks its got so bad that he has severe heartburn constantly even without eating food,his left side of neck (jugular vein?) is very tender to touch from head down to collar bone,heavy feeling in lower jaw and tender area still in chest.it was so bad that i took him to hospital 3 times thinking he was having a heart attack,ecg were ok and blood pressure and oxygen levels good.
the doctors dont seem to know what it coud be,its taken over his life,he has lost 1 stone in 6 weeks as hes been off his food afraid things will make it worse still.he had an allergy test and it came back clear.
please can you give us any suggestions what it could be and if you think there could have been some injury 2 years ago off his bicycle that nobody picked up on.as he is a muscular fit guy the doctors just shrugged their shoulders when i suggested he have an xray or scan for damage to the heart tissue or vessels etc???
please reply as soon as possible
regards
nicola (uk)
the doctors dont seem to know what it coud be,its taken over his life,he has lost 1 stone in 6 weeks as hes been off his food afraid things will make it worse still.he had an allergy test and it came back clear.
please can you give us any suggestions what it could be and if you think there could have been some injury 2 years ago off his bicycle that nobody picked up on.as he is a muscular fit guy the doctors just shrugged their shoulders when i suggested he have an xray or scan for damage to the heart tissue or vessels etc???
please reply as soon as possible
regards
nicola (uk)
Mon, 13 Mar 2017
Hi Nicola
I have gone through the details provided by you of your husband. Its quite unfortunate that no diagnosis has been made and still he is suffering. As he had a injury to the chest i would like to recommend CT scan of chest for him as we might be missing something which could show up in the test. That the only hope if something could be be picked up in that.
Sometimes even for very experienced doctors also it become very difficult to undersatnd the abnormality and to treat when they are not getting any clue as medical science is a ever changing field.
I advise you not to loose hope.
I wish him good luck and health
I have gone through the details provided by you of your husband. Its quite unfortunate that no diagnosis has been made and still he is suffering. As he had a injury to the chest i would like to recommend CT scan of chest for him as we might be missing something which could show up in the test. That the only hope if something could be be picked up in that.
Sometimes even for very experienced doctors also it become very difficult to undersatnd the abnormality and to treat when they are not getting any clue as medical science is a ever changing field.
I advise you not to loose hope.
I wish him good luck and health
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