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30yr male.hot flushes.cold & clammy on touching. chest pains and pain in legs.accompanied by needles n pins.rushed to er.they said its panic attack?

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Not panic: What you have described is certainly not a panic attack. Panic attacks do not involve feeling cold and clammy or having leg pain. Chest pain leg pain and feeling cold and clammy to me sound like a possible pulmonary embolism from a deep venous thrombosis. Please read the following article and go back to that er or a different one. www.mayoclinic.com/health/pulmonary-embolism/ds00429/d... Pulmonary.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Panic: Yes. This very well could be panic. I am sure they took your vitals and examined you. They probably had you on a heart monitor and an oximeter. They would have ruled out a DVT and pulmonary embolism. Panic can trick our brain. Your symptoms seem explained by breathing rapidly and an increased blood pressure. Follow up with your family doctor soon!

Answered 12/7/2014

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