thanks all, I had an XRay at the ER. It came back with lung damge...the usual. It was not a collapsed lung. I had a collapsed lung on the right side two years ago so I remember the pain. I did not want a CT because I have them too often and I am afraid of all the radiation my body is taking in. I have been in contact with my CF center and I am going to see them tues. My SAts were 98.
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went into emergency room last night
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I don't have any advice, but wanted you to know I am thinking of you. I hope you get the answers you need soon.
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edan
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I don't have any advice, but wanted you to know I am thinking of you. I hope you get the answers you need soon.
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edan
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I don't have any advice, but wanted you to know I am thinking of you. I hope you get the answers you need soon.
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The ED would have done a CXR, if not that's a serious oversight on their part. BTW, Miss T, A chest xray will give you about 0.1 mSv of radiation, while a chest CT is about 1.5 mSv. So, there really isn't a huge increase, especially when you consider the possible benefits of a higher resolution scan.
Being educated about your disease is extremely important. Especially with ED docs, they see so much, they can't possibly know every detail about every disease. Same goes for a family doc who isn't a CF specialist. It's your job to give them good information and even suggest things. Most docs are very willing to listen, as the patient is your best source of information (most of the time).
ETA: Pulse oximetry is probably the worst diagnostic tool we have.
Being educated about your disease is extremely important. Especially with ED docs, they see so much, they can't possibly know every detail about every disease. Same goes for a family doc who isn't a CF specialist. It's your job to give them good information and even suggest things. Most docs are very willing to listen, as the patient is your best source of information (most of the time).
ETA: Pulse oximetry is probably the worst diagnostic tool we have.
The ED would have done a CXR, if not that's a serious oversight on their part. BTW, Miss T, A chest xray will give you about 0.1 mSv of radiation, while a chest CT is about 1.5 mSv. So, there really isn't a huge increase, especially when you consider the possible benefits of a higher resolution scan.
Being educated about your disease is extremely important. Especially with ED docs, they see so much, they can't possibly know every detail about every disease. Same goes for a family doc who isn't a CF specialist. It's your job to give them good information and even suggest things. Most docs are very willing to listen, as the patient is your best source of information (most of the time).
ETA: Pulse oximetry is probably the worst diagnostic tool we have.
Being educated about your disease is extremely important. Especially with ED docs, they see so much, they can't possibly know every detail about every disease. Same goes for a family doc who isn't a CF specialist. It's your job to give them good information and even suggest things. Most docs are very willing to listen, as the patient is your best source of information (most of the time).
ETA: Pulse oximetry is probably the worst diagnostic tool we have.
<p>The ED would have done a CXR, if not that's a serious oversight on their part. <br /> <br />BTW, Miss T, A chest xray will give you about 0.1 mSv of radiation, while a chest CT is about 1.5 mSv. So, there really isn't a huge increase, especially when you consider the possible benefits of a higher resolution scan.
<p>Being educated about your disease is extremely important. Especially with ED docs, they see so much, they can't possibly know every detail about every disease. Same goes for a family doc who isn't a CF specialist. It's your job to give them good information and even suggest things. Most docs are very willing to listen, as the patient is your best source of information (most of the time).
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<p>ETA: Pulse oximetry is probably the worst diagnostic tool we have.
<p>Being educated about your disease is extremely important. Especially with ED docs, they see so much, they can't possibly know every detail about every disease. Same goes for a family doc who isn't a CF specialist. It's your job to give them good information and even suggest things. Most docs are very willing to listen, as the patient is your best source of information (most of the time).
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<p>ETA: Pulse oximetry is probably the worst diagnostic tool we have.
Sounds like you need to have an echocardiogram done. Increased pressure on your heart can have drastic, devistating long term effects on your lungs, which is NOT something a CFer needs to add to their basket of "medical issues". I'd call your CF clinic ASAP and get in, request an echo to measure the pressure in your heart
Sounds like you need to have an echocardiogram done. Increased pressure on your heart can have drastic, devistating long term effects on your lungs, which is NOT something a CFer needs to add to their basket of "medical issues". I'd call your CF clinic ASAP and get in, request an echo to measure the pressure in your heart
Sounds like you need to have an echocardiogram done. Increased pressure on your heart can have drastic, devistating long term effects on your lungs, which is NOT something a CFer needs to add to their basket of "medical issues". I'd call your CF clinic ASAP and get in, request an echo to measure the pressure in your heart
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JennifersHope
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Uggg, I hate when that happens. The standard practice in an ER is if the chest/heart stuff comes back negative to give an antacid of some type. Sometimes people have silent heart burn and don't know it.
None of us know since each one of us is different, for me, when I get stabbing pains in my chest, it is usually related to heart burn that does not feel like heart burn but rather a heart attack and when I have pains in my lung it is always in my right lower, a known area of trouble for me.
I think the best thing to do, like others said is follow up with your doctors who know you so well. I hope you feel better
None of us know since each one of us is different, for me, when I get stabbing pains in my chest, it is usually related to heart burn that does not feel like heart burn but rather a heart attack and when I have pains in my lung it is always in my right lower, a known area of trouble for me.
I think the best thing to do, like others said is follow up with your doctors who know you so well. I hope you feel better
JennifersHope
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Uggg, I hate when that happens. The standard practice in an ER is if the chest/heart stuff comes back negative to give an antacid of some type. Sometimes people have silent heart burn and don't know it.
None of us know since each one of us is different, for me, when I get stabbing pains in my chest, it is usually related to heart burn that does not feel like heart burn but rather a heart attack and when I have pains in my lung it is always in my right lower, a known area of trouble for me.
I think the best thing to do, like others said is follow up with your doctors who know you so well. I hope you feel better
None of us know since each one of us is different, for me, when I get stabbing pains in my chest, it is usually related to heart burn that does not feel like heart burn but rather a heart attack and when I have pains in my lung it is always in my right lower, a known area of trouble for me.
I think the best thing to do, like others said is follow up with your doctors who know you so well. I hope you feel better
JennifersHope
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Uggg, I hate when that happens. The standard practice in an ER is if the chest/heart stuff comes back negative to give an antacid of some type. Sometimes people have silent heart burn and don't know it.
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<br />None of us know since each one of us is different, for me, when I get stabbing pains in my chest, it is usually related to heart burn that does not feel like heart burn but rather a heart attack and when I have pains in my lung it is always in my right lower, a known area of trouble for me.
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<br />I think the best thing to do, like others said is follow up with your doctors who know you so well. I hope you feel better
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<br />None of us know since each one of us is different, for me, when I get stabbing pains in my chest, it is usually related to heart burn that does not feel like heart burn but rather a heart attack and when I have pains in my lung it is always in my right lower, a known area of trouble for me.
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<br />I think the best thing to do, like others said is follow up with your doctors who know you so well. I hope you feel better
JennifersHope
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Silent heart burn means you are still refluxing but don't feel it.. It happens sometimes.
Anyway the purpose of an echo also is it will show the EF which is the ejection fraction of how much blood is being pumpe out by the heart and it can show if the heart is enlarged..
The best test to show pressures in the pulmonary artery are right heart caths where they actually go in there and measure the pressure. When I worked in the Cath lab we would do these often. A CFer certainly could get PH (pulmonary hypertenstion, but usually it does not come on all of a sudden and it isn't described as stabbing pains,
Could it be pluersy? Is the area where it hurts an area that is a normal area for you to hurt? Once I had a mucus plug it hurt so blasted bad I couldn't stand it, I was able to get it loose by CPT and that helped I don't know, to me, it sounds like some kind of thing directly related to the lung, as opposed to the heart, because you can have chest pain with pulmonary hypertension, like you said Jonathon you normally have edema and shortness of breath, Who knows, the body is a tricky little bugger and that is why it is best to go with your doctors who know you best... Either way, I hope you feel better.
Anyway the purpose of an echo also is it will show the EF which is the ejection fraction of how much blood is being pumpe out by the heart and it can show if the heart is enlarged..
The best test to show pressures in the pulmonary artery are right heart caths where they actually go in there and measure the pressure. When I worked in the Cath lab we would do these often. A CFer certainly could get PH (pulmonary hypertenstion, but usually it does not come on all of a sudden and it isn't described as stabbing pains,
Could it be pluersy? Is the area where it hurts an area that is a normal area for you to hurt? Once I had a mucus plug it hurt so blasted bad I couldn't stand it, I was able to get it loose by CPT and that helped I don't know, to me, it sounds like some kind of thing directly related to the lung, as opposed to the heart, because you can have chest pain with pulmonary hypertension, like you said Jonathon you normally have edema and shortness of breath, Who knows, the body is a tricky little bugger and that is why it is best to go with your doctors who know you best... Either way, I hope you feel better.
JennifersHope
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Silent heart burn means you are still refluxing but don't feel it.. It happens sometimes.
Anyway the purpose of an echo also is it will show the EF which is the ejection fraction of how much blood is being pumpe out by the heart and it can show if the heart is enlarged..
The best test to show pressures in the pulmonary artery are right heart caths where they actually go in there and measure the pressure. When I worked in the Cath lab we would do these often. A CFer certainly could get PH (pulmonary hypertenstion, but usually it does not come on all of a sudden and it isn't described as stabbing pains,
Could it be pluersy? Is the area where it hurts an area that is a normal area for you to hurt? Once I had a mucus plug it hurt so blasted bad I couldn't stand it, I was able to get it loose by CPT and that helped I don't know, to me, it sounds like some kind of thing directly related to the lung, as opposed to the heart, because you can have chest pain with pulmonary hypertension, like you said Jonathon you normally have edema and shortness of breath, Who knows, the body is a tricky little bugger and that is why it is best to go with your doctors who know you best... Either way, I hope you feel better.
Anyway the purpose of an echo also is it will show the EF which is the ejection fraction of how much blood is being pumpe out by the heart and it can show if the heart is enlarged..
The best test to show pressures in the pulmonary artery are right heart caths where they actually go in there and measure the pressure. When I worked in the Cath lab we would do these often. A CFer certainly could get PH (pulmonary hypertenstion, but usually it does not come on all of a sudden and it isn't described as stabbing pains,
Could it be pluersy? Is the area where it hurts an area that is a normal area for you to hurt? Once I had a mucus plug it hurt so blasted bad I couldn't stand it, I was able to get it loose by CPT and that helped I don't know, to me, it sounds like some kind of thing directly related to the lung, as opposed to the heart, because you can have chest pain with pulmonary hypertension, like you said Jonathon you normally have edema and shortness of breath, Who knows, the body is a tricky little bugger and that is why it is best to go with your doctors who know you best... Either way, I hope you feel better.
JennifersHope
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<p>Silent heart burn means you are still refluxing but don't feel it.. It happens sometimes.
<p>Anyway the purpose of an echo also is it will show the EF which is the ejection fraction of how much blood is being pumpe out by the heart and it can show if the heart is enlarged..
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<p>The best test to show pressures in the pulmonary artery are right heart caths where they actually go in there and measure the pressure. When I worked in the Cath lab we would do these often. A CFer certainly could get PH (pulmonary hypertenstion, but usually it does not come on all of a sudden and it isn't described as stabbing pains,
<p>Could it be pluersy? Is the area where it hurts an area that is a normal area for you to hurt? Once I had a mucus plug it hurt so blasted bad I couldn't stand it, I was able to get it loose by CPT and that helped<br /> <br />I don't know, to me, it sounds like some kind of thing directly related to the lung, as opposed to the heart, because you can have chest pain with pulmonary hypertension, like you said Jonathon you normally have edema and shortness of breath, Who knows, the body is a tricky little bugger and that is why it is best to go with your doctors who know you best...<br /> <br />Either way, I hope you feel better.
<p>Anyway the purpose of an echo also is it will show the EF which is the ejection fraction of how much blood is being pumpe out by the heart and it can show if the heart is enlarged..
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<p>The best test to show pressures in the pulmonary artery are right heart caths where they actually go in there and measure the pressure. When I worked in the Cath lab we would do these often. A CFer certainly could get PH (pulmonary hypertenstion, but usually it does not come on all of a sudden and it isn't described as stabbing pains,
<p>Could it be pluersy? Is the area where it hurts an area that is a normal area for you to hurt? Once I had a mucus plug it hurt so blasted bad I couldn't stand it, I was able to get it loose by CPT and that helped<br /> <br />I don't know, to me, it sounds like some kind of thing directly related to the lung, as opposed to the heart, because you can have chest pain with pulmonary hypertension, like you said Jonathon you normally have edema and shortness of breath, Who knows, the body is a tricky little bugger and that is why it is best to go with your doctors who know you best...<br /> <br />Either way, I hope you feel better.
An Echo is also going to show pressure in the Heart, which can be tied DIRECTLY to poor pulmonary function. If the heart pressure is elevated, they will treat that, which can then in turn treat the pulmonary function (although the PF in this case is mostly going to be tied to the CF issues, but with "issues" lilke this, I would highly recommend you ask for an echo).