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Please answer my chest pain/nose bleed question? Im very nervous and its hard to sleep im so stressed.?
When ever I lay down on my stomach or chest for a while playing on my computer then stand up I feel tightness near my sternum. I then throw my arms back and my head back and stretch my chest back and I can crack it and it feels a little better. Also If I stoop over(hunch my back forward) and then straighten back up I feel the same tightness. Also If I stoop over and tighten the muscles in my chest I feel a pain there. Sometimes when I cough I can feel the pain there also. And once in a while if i breath deep i can also feel it.
It has been like this for about almost two weeks. Its gotten a little better and some days its worse.
I read up on Pulmonary embolism because I am a hypochondriac and it said it hurts more when you stoop over, breath, and cough.
Im very scared it has to do with a blood clot or a heart attack or something serious because whenever I go check my blood pressure at the machine at the store it says its high (155-130/100-84) I take it multiple times and it decreases normally the first one is the highest. PLEASE NOTE i have major anxiety and I think that was causing the blood pressure. I went to a doctor and he said it was 120/80 and I was like thats strange. I went back to a different store and it was high again. I waited a couple days and Noticed that I was having blood in my nose when ever I blew it or stuck a tissue up into it. It never actually bleed out but whenever I blow my nose there is some blood in the boogers. Thinking this is because of high blood pressure I went back to the same doctor and It turned out to be 140/100(the nurse took it) I started freaking out. They did an EKG and said everything looked fine except I had sinus Tachcardia which they said was because I was very nervous. By the time I left my blood pressure was down to 136/88(the doctor took it a couple times) one after another waiting about 2 mins in between. Was that enough time for another accurate reading or were my blood vessels constricted and blood pushed away causing a lower reading? Is that whats happening at the store machine when it drops lower?
NOW THIS WAS A WALK IN CLINIC SO I DO NOT KNOW HOW GOOD THEY ARE
I am 19 years old I weigh 184-192 and I am 5"11 or 6"
I have started eating healthier and I see a psychiatrist.
Now back to the point does this seem like it could be something serious or just muscle pain(note: I have bad posture I hunch over on my computer allot). And do you think the nose bleed is from high blood pressure or sometime else. I have seasonal allergies and I used afrin(which you are supposed to use not more than 3-5 days in a row) for about a year and a half almost everyday(which could have messed up the lining in my nose) My nose has been like this for almost a month. When I use saline spray It starts to have more blood when I stick a tissue up there( maybe b/c the spray is dissolving the blood clot)
I am very very nevous and stressed out and I have had a chain reaction of stressful events from being shot at, Roommate passed away car crash, dog ran away(just got a call that she is found :-D), college home sickness, and family issues.
Thank you in advance for taking your time to read this long question and I really appreciate you answering this. It really means allot to me.
(dont just say go to a doctor I have been to 14 different doctor/clinics in the past 19 weeks for random things I thought was wrong with me most turned out nothing was wrong and I think now that this my be the cause of my symptoms,and my parents are getting sick of paying)
-Erika O
I stopped reading after the first paragraph. I don't know the ins and outs of medicine, but I do know anatomy and physiology. It sounds to me like you have muscles in your chest that you often constrict. THAT is why it feels better to stretch. If you hold your body in one position for more than 30 minutes your muscles will stay in that tightened position. You should ask yourself if anything you have done is different in the last few weeks. Did you start spending more time on the computer on your bed around that time? Do you carry heavy loads on your back? Do stretches on a regular basis and it will probably work itself out. 5 - 10 seconds per stretch. 10 - 15 seconds if you are going to do some yoga type stretches.
NO ONE EVER STRETCHES ENOUGH. I SWEAR!!
OK, I read the rest. Your high blood pressure is probably from your anxiety. Take one thing at a time. Try out what I suggest and see if that helps. People that hunch over a computer always have back, abdomen, chest, nec problems. Get up and do a few stretches every 30 - 40 minutes. Good luck!
-rho_ro
I agree with the previous poster and would like to add that the nasal spray could itself be causing your problems with your nose.
I would also suggest you find a better psychiatrist or be honest with the one you have. Are you one anti-anxiety medication? I'm not saying this to make light of your situation. I had to try out many psychiatrist before I found one that could help me (I'm bi-polar).
I know it's easy said than done but you have to find a way to relax. Your fear seems to be in overdrive. Anti-anxiety medication should be able to help with this but you also need to find someone to talk to so you can find the root of your fears and a way to cope with them.
Being bi-polar I have to be careful the manage my anxiety because it can send me into a manic episode. When I start to feel anxious I talk myself down. I try to live by the saying don't trouble trouble because trouble will find you. To me this means don't worry about something that can go wrong because if it goes wrong you won't have to wonder if it's going wrong you will know it's gone wrong.
The only thing you can do is be the healthiest you you can be. Exercise, eat right, get your annual checkups. I suspect that your fixation on your physical health is a symptom of emotional distress. You've had a lot of emotional turmoil recently and think you need have a professional help you deal with those issues.
I hope everything works out for you.
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