after eating i have heart palpitations that make me cough and cause me breathing difficulties.i checked my heart and results came ok. what could it be?

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What could cause back pain, discomfort, or burning in middle of the back with slight difficulties breathing. No cough, or fever. Heart checked ok.

Answer 1

Palpitations: There are several causes of palpitations, so the evaluation of your heart should include blood testing, ECG, echocardiogram, and possibly some additional cardiac testing. Since you also have coughing you should have a chest X-ray. The food related issue makes allergy response or aspiration both possible problems. See your doctor for further eval.

Answer 2

No: Plain Acetaminophen (tylenol) can be used for pain or fever (call your doctor first if your baby is less than 3 months). If your child is older than 6 months you can also use Ibuprofen (advil/motrin). But over-the-counter cough and cold medications are dangerous in children less than 6 years old.

Answer 3

No: Cough and cold medicines aren't for babies-- they don't work, and even worse: they're not safe.

Answer 4

No: Not really. Cough and cold medicine has many side effects, is not well tested in babies, and is difficult to dose. It does not treat the cold or help it get better any faster. Because of the risks, most pediatricians do not recommend these for young children.

Answer 5

No: Most children under 5 years of age (definitely under 2) should not take cold medications.Exceptions may be made for some cough medicines under the guidance of your physician. In general, this is because there may be serious side effects to those medicines in young babies (and oftentimes they do not work). Try saline and a humidifier. Honey if your child is over 1 may also be beneficial.

Answer 6

No: Years ago, it was common for 3-12 month old babies to take cold or cough medicines. These medicines were smaller doses of adult cold medicines. Research has found that these medicines often did not relieve babies' symptoms, and that some babies were getting excessive doses, sometimes harming the babies. Nowadays, the fda and physicians do not want babies to use cold or cough medicines.

Answer 7

Variable: Some defects like small ventriculoseptal defects close all by themselves and require no intervention, others like hypoplastic left heart require transplant. Unfortunately how you manage the defect depends upon the exact nature of the disease.

Answer 8

Get Good Advice: The best way to help manage a heart birth defect is to first identify the problem. Then seek advice from a qualified pediatrician or if more complicated, a pediatric cardiologist. Some heart birth defects actually disappear with age. Some are permanent, but harmless. Others require more intense therapy or even surgery.Your doctor can guide you.

Answer 9

Educate yourself: Because there is a wide range of heart defects, the best thing you can do to manage your child's defect is to learn as much about it as possible. Your child's pediatric cardiologist can inform you about what to look for as signs that your baby may be having more trouble and may need to see the doctor. Learn about the baby's medications, and if surgery is needed learn about it before it happens.

Answer 10

Develop a logbook: One of the best things one of my patients mom's did over the years was develop a log book.In it she always had detailed information about each physician involved in her daughters care.There were updated schematics of what the heart defect was, and what shunt/repairs were in place. There were med lists and when started/stopped. The other data was always quite helpful when I needed to review it.

Answer 11

All of the above: The answers you have received are very helpful. The specific care depends on the heart condition your child has; I would leave that to your child's cardiologist. But educating yourself and creating a log book can be especially helpful.

Answer 12

No: A simple pulmonary function test is not an exercise test requiring running or biking. It is just recording breathing volumes during normal breathing and forced expiration.

Answer 13

No: In more than 30 years of pulmonary medicine i've never heard of a heart attack occurring during pulmonary function tests.

Answer 14

Highly unlikely!: I have never heard of implants impairing a physicians ability to evaluate a cardiac murmur under normal conditions.

Answer 15

No: There should be no interference.

Answer 16

Rarely: If the implants are really large and your murmur very quiet it might be possible, but this one is very unlikely.. :).

Answer 17

Unlikely.: Good question but i think it would be very unlikely that breast implants would interfere with detection of a heart murmur.

Answer 18

No: Interesting and good question. While it makes sense to think that the implants could interfere with heart auscultation it is not likely as the implants are highly mobile and if needed they can be displaced enough to listen to all hear sounds. Good question though.

Answer 19

Major life event: Heart surgery brings one to recognize one's vunerability and some react with fear and depression - can be treated with medications. Others react with a positive change in their attitude towards loved ones and life generally.

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