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Unusual symptoms 12 years post total hysterectomy

Posted by jenwahmann @jenwahmann, May 18 11:36pm

I have had a total hysterectomy. Here within the last year (right after recovering from a terrible COVID illness I believe) I started having very strange symptoms. It usually happens if I'm exposed to heat, even if it's just hot food. I will break out into a drenching sweat ALL over my body. My heart is just beating out of my chest, and I get short of breath. I also get very dizzy and lightheaded. My doctors are doing this 🤷‍♂️, they are stumped. Anyone else have similar symptoms or have an idea as to what it is? Dysautonomia and POTS have been mentioned.

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dlydailyhope | @dlydailyhope | May 19 6:40am

@jenwahmann
Have you had your thyroid and hormones checked by an endocrinologist? Did you get thyroid bloodwork and an ultrasound of your thyroid? Changes and dysfunction in thyroid can impact body temperature and cause overheating sensation plus affect organs and heart/lung function.

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Rubyslippers | @triciaot | May 19 8:52am
In reply to @dlydailyhope "@jenwahmann Have you had your thyroid and hormones checked by an endocrinologist? Did you get thyroid..." + (show)
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@jenwahmann
Have you had your thyroid and hormones checked by an endocrinologist? Did you get thyroid bloodwork and an ultrasound of your thyroid? Changes and dysfunction in thyroid can impact body temperature and cause overheating sensation plus affect organs and heart/lung function.

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Especially Hashimoto’s thyroid because that is autoimmune. After a COVID infection, I’d always consider whether autoimmune dysfunction has triggered a response in the body.

Because it might be a cortisol issue, I’d also think about the adrenal glands. Article from Nature.com
“Late-onset of adrenal gland insufficiency in patients who recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection could be a direct consequence of persisting dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, reactivation of latent viral infections, such as cytomegalovirus, or an autoimmune response against key factors involved in the regulation of adrenocortical cell function.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-022-00700-8

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minnesota10 | @minnesota10 | May 19 9:18am

Have you gone to the ER when this is going on. That wat the Doctor can see what is going on.
Wish you the best. Stay strong

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kayraymat | @kayraymat | May 22 8:59am

Explain Dysautonomia & POTS.
I had a Hysterectomy in April & find my self VERY fatigued every day
& my body temperature seems to spike whenever I go for a walk & I get breathless. I just assumed it was an after effect of surgery but I am
beginning to worry it could be something else.

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