palmaceae
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I have been having issues with shortness of breath upon exertion and even at rest, and a chronic cough, this was happening even before my AVR in March of 2009. It seems to be getting worse so I went to to my primary doctor, my valve seems to be working in good order, but I do have aortic stenosis at 1.2cm but the cardiologist is not worried about it.
So I am now seeing a pulmonologist, which today I had a cat scan of my lungs and another breathing test, which I went though all this before my surgery but they never really found anything except some scarring of the lungs. But today when I took the breathing test, the nurse made me walk for a while with a oximeter on and after I was SOB, which did not take long, my oxygen level stayed around 97 which is good but my heart rate went down to 37 bpm. She looked at me with a worried look asking if I was OK, I said yes, just a bit dizzy and SOB. My heart rate went t back up to 70 bpm after a couple minutes.I am wondering if that can make me SOB?
I have chest pain every once in a while and PVC's, before my AVR they performed a cardiac catheterization and found no major blockages. They say I have restrictive lung disease but not sure what is causing it. I also have a hiatal hernia and bad acid reflux, so I have always thought since I have a hiatal hernia it is pulling my stomach up and compressing my diagram, but of course I am not a doctor (but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night :wink2 but it is getting tiring coughing and being SOB all the time.
I am not over weight and in reasonable physical shape for a 48 year old, and never smoked and do not drink.
Thanks for you thoughts!
So I am now seeing a pulmonologist, which today I had a cat scan of my lungs and another breathing test, which I went though all this before my surgery but they never really found anything except some scarring of the lungs. But today when I took the breathing test, the nurse made me walk for a while with a oximeter on and after I was SOB, which did not take long, my oxygen level stayed around 97 which is good but my heart rate went down to 37 bpm. She looked at me with a worried look asking if I was OK, I said yes, just a bit dizzy and SOB. My heart rate went t back up to 70 bpm after a couple minutes.I am wondering if that can make me SOB?
I have chest pain every once in a while and PVC's, before my AVR they performed a cardiac catheterization and found no major blockages. They say I have restrictive lung disease but not sure what is causing it. I also have a hiatal hernia and bad acid reflux, so I have always thought since I have a hiatal hernia it is pulling my stomach up and compressing my diagram, but of course I am not a doctor (but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night :wink2 but it is getting tiring coughing and being SOB all the time.
I am not over weight and in reasonable physical shape for a 48 year old, and never smoked and do not drink.
Thanks for you thoughts!