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I recently was in the er with headache, chest pain, fever, chills, anxiety, sore neck. the were testing for meningitis and said i had a pulmonary emb?

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Speak with your MD: I'm sorry, i'm not sure what your question is. It's very important to have questions about serious conditions such as a pulmonary embolism addressed by your primary doctor. Hope this helps.

Answered 5/3/2016

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

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What tests?: Ct of chest v/q scan lower venous duplex ultrasound scans d-dimer these may guide the er doc toward pe and you may have had more than one thing going on? But symptoms sound like pneumonia which can confuse scan readers unless they get the history?

Answered 5/1/2016

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