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Chest pain conflicting diagnosis
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: May 28, 2017 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Which doctor do I listen to? The cipralex made the chest pain much worse so I'm reluctant to take anything else for anxiety until we have conclusively ruled out heart issues. I am going to physio in case it's costochondritis and will continue to do so.
If the stress test is negative the internist was clear that he will not pursue heart issues further.
As long as he keeps prescribing nitrogen I can function so maybe that's good enough? I'm finding that if I take two in the morning I'm pretty good as long as I sleep sitting up. If I fall over in my sleep and wind up on my back the pain and breathlessness is bad enough to wake me up and I need nitro and Ventolin. The next day is a train wreck and I have to stop frequently and rest (sitting up and leaning slightly forward). Sorry for the long winded messages, just trying to sort out the various diagnosis'.
Is an internist the same as a cardiologist?
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an internist is a Dr. that specializes in Internal Med. usually a regular Dr. is referred to as a family practice Dr.
See a hematologist. Check for protein in your plasma, your serum, your urine. Your pain sounds more like spleen and/or other organ enlargement, as mine is. There are over 1,000 different types of mis-folded protein deposit disease, and you will rarely find either a cardiologist or hematologist or even gastroenterologist who knows anything about any of them. Could even be myeloma or sarcoidosis. Not one in 1,000 docs know about any of it. Talk to a top specialty clinic such as Mayo-Rochester, Sloan Kettering, Stanford, Mass General. Read "Heart Like Stone", John (Jay) Helwig, and/or Dr. Kee's little book about amyloidosis.
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No an Internist is a regular Doctor. A Cardiologist specializes in the heart .