What Causes Shortness Of Breath And Positive D- Dimer Result?

Thank you for writing on health care magic. I understand your concern. You shouldnt worry too much. You scheduled for CT which mens that its not a urgency to do it. As a general rule prior to do a d dimer its been done a prediction score for the risk of pulmonary embolus. Im convinced that your doctor is suspecting pulmonary embolism. pulmonary emboli are clots that normaly are formed in the veins of lower extremity that travel and block pulmonary arteries. As I see you dont have any pain in the limbs which is a good thing and lowers the risk that you might have trombus in the lower extremities. You have had a biopsy of your thyroid but the resjlts of biopsy are not shown. Its a great importance to know the results of it. The biopsy may be related to these high d dimer. Periods generaly do not increase the d dimer The cuases for high D dimer excluding the clot formation include infection which increases ddimer at high level. Age , whith it increases somehow and some other causes like pregnancy, trauma, surgery. You just have to wait, and i know is not easy to stay with fear but a CT is going to be performed and a diagnosis holefuly will come and things can go for better. wish you good health