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Shortness of breath, lethargic...

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Lovemusic33 · 18/06/2019 16:01

Before anyone tells me to go to the gp, I am waiting for a call back from the gp. Just panicking due to google.

Have had shortness of breath for a few days, just doesn’t feel like I’m getting enough oxygen, it’s worse when I’m lying down and I get the occasional pain in my chest, I feel lethargic and I’m not sleeping (waking with shortness of breath). I do suffer from anxiety but not sure it’s that. Occasional cough but chest doesn’t feel congested. I’m fit, my bmi is spot on, I keep fit (but struggling with the gym at the moment) but I do suffer with high cholesterol which I have been unsuccessful at lowering, gp says I may have a condition where it won’t lower despite a healthy ish diet.

I’m panicking that it may be my heart, is there anything else it could be?

Gp is calling me back in a bit to see if I need seeing today, not sure why they wouldn’t let me make an appointment.

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moscovv · 18/06/2019 17:11

might it be iron deficiency? I'm prone to this and when I'm particularly deficient I do get shortness of breath and chest pain - not enough red blood cells being made to take oxygen around the body

SeaToSki · 18/06/2019 17:13

Do you have a temperature? Have you had a cold recently? What is your heart rate - take your pulse for 60 seconds

Good idea to call the GP.

Lovemusic33 · 18/06/2019 19:49

moscovv gp thinks I might be low in iron, booked me in for a blood test next week (earliest they could do it). Been given an inhaler to try and some antihistamines incase it’s an allergy. Blood pressure and oxygen levels fine.

I do have a very slight cough but temp is ok. Heart rate seems ok.

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SeaToSki · 18/06/2019 22:10

Great that your heart rate is OK, hang in there for the blood tests, ridiculous that they cant fit you in for a week.

moscovv · 18/06/2019 23:50

It's fairly easy to treat if it is iron, i just take ordinary Holland and Barrett iron tablets, or the feroglobin fizzy drink ones and it helps a lot

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