Re: Please Help with Diagnosis

From: Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD (andrew_at_heartmdphd.com)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 08:11:16 -0400

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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