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What Is The Treatment For Chest Pain And Shortness Of Breath?
i've been having chest pains consistently for about 2 weeks now. i went to the er last night and had chest xray, a ekg, and blood work which all came back good. the doctor said it might be costochrondritis i've also been feeling dizzy and have had shortness of breath which may be caused by my anxiety over the chest pains. i am a 25 year old female and one of my questions is could it still be heart related with the tests i had which came back ok?
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
Hello
Thank you for asking in HCM.
If you are worried about the heart there are some other tests that you can do to rule out heart diseases as:
Troponin, CK-MB
Heart Ultrasound
If there is not any lung diseases that cause this pain than for the costochondritis it will be better to do these tests:
CRP
Rheumatiod factor
Rheumatiologist conslutation
Thank you
Dr.Jolanda Nikolla
Pulmonologist
Thank you for asking in HCM.
If you are worried about the heart there are some other tests that you can do to rule out heart diseases as:
Troponin, CK-MB
Heart Ultrasound
If there is not any lung diseases that cause this pain than for the costochondritis it will be better to do these tests:
CRP
Rheumatiod factor
Rheumatiologist conslutation
Thank you
Dr.Jolanda Nikolla
Pulmonologist
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