I would call your physician back and discuss your symptoms with him. It sounds as though you have a lung infection that is not getting better, and may need a change in medicine.
I am not sure how to explain all of your symptoms, but I think it would be important for you to start seeing a doctor and sorting these out. I would start with an internist / family physician, but some attention should be paid to figuring out your symptoms of heart pounding (like with a monitor)
It certainly sounds like your symptoms are due to a primary arrhythmia problem. There are very good treatments for this, and you should pursue them with an electrophysiologist.
It is difficult to tell how your symptoms fit together over the web. I think you should see a cardiologist, and start to evaluate the cause of your symptoms
It is important to be evaluated by a cardiologist. At 16, it is highly probable that you do not have a serious heart condition, but I am sure that treatment could make you feel better
I think that it is important for you to be evaluated by a cardiologist, or better still an electrophysiologist. These symptoms sound as though they are related to an arrhythmia, and treatment to make you feel better is available.
It is very difficult to interpret events that have happened only a single time. It might be that you had a viral illness, and all of the other symptoms were in reaction to this. It might be that you have an arrhythmia, but some arrhythmias are transient and unlikely to recur. I think you should not be frightened by these symptoms (even though that is a very natural response) as they are absolutely treatable and not dangerous. It may well be that you never feel this way again though
What you are doing makes sense. If this does not improve matters, another antiarrhythmic drug may need to be substituted for propafenone. There are many choices, so troublesome side effects do not have to be endured.
It depends on where the clot formed exactly, but it is unusual to form blood clots on coumadin therapy. It may be that his coumadin is not well regulated, or that he has a clotting disorder. This is the sort of thing that should certainly be investigated
I think that you should see a physician whenever you are having symptoms that are bothering you.
Dr. Andrea Natale
Dr. Andrea Natale is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Dr. Natale also is the Senior Medical Director at Pacific Atrial Fib and Arrhythmia Center in San Francisco. He visits MetroHealth in Cleveland, and Akron General, Ohio. He has pioneered a new circumferential ultrasound vein-ablation system to correct atrial fibrillation and performed the procedure on the world's first five patients. For further details Please visit :Link
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS. is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at Mid-America Cardiology and The University of Kansas Hospital Clinics in Kansas City, KS, USA. He has several distinctions in clinical and research career to his credit and serves as an associate editor for Journal of Atrial Fibrillation.For further details Please visit :Link
Dr. Dhanunjay Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS, The Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute (KCHRI), KS, USA.
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