Re: Please Help with Diagnosis
From: Darren Weston (gingerdazza_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/05/04
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Date: 5 Aug 2004 14:02:05 -0700
"Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote in message news:<411223E4.2AAF@heartmdphd.com>...
> Darren Weston wrote:
> >
> > Profile:
> > 28 y/o
> > male
> > obese
> >
> > Problem:
> > I have been going through various symptoms of for months. Started with
> > cold, gradually got alot worse to the point of light headedness with
> > sharp chest pains either side of my left breast. also sometimes
> > tenderness all along bottom of rib cage, and intense gurgling down
> > left side of chest wall, like air passing through but very loud! no
> > curshing feelings on chest. no arm pain at this point. no out of
> > breathe. gradually got better. light headedness no longer present, but
> > occassional chest pain still there. also now, i seem to have developed
> > a lump feeling at base of throat, occasional quick moderate shooting
> > pain along underside of forearm, moderately tense/tight feeling across
> > top of shoulders and very top of chest, slight tenderness to right
> > jugular area of neck, occasional pain between shoulder blades slightly
> > left of centre and to a lesser degree at the front of chest.
> > throughout this i have also had a tender spleen (not 100% it is spleen
> > but it is in upper left quandrant of abdomen).
> >
> > had echocardiogram - clear
> > ecg's - 95% clear, tho one did show abnormal Tbar
> > blood pressure avg 140/90
> > high ALT enzymes - 150
> > moderate gamma gt - 50.1 (doc not worried by this - said up to 50 is
> > limit)
> > high iron levels
> > other blood profile attributes normal.
> >
> > has anyone got any ideas what this could be?
>
> Could be hematochromatosis.
>
>
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no. my doctor checked a more specific blood iron measurement of some
sort and it came back negative for that
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