More than five million Americans suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood, starving the body of oxygen and leading to weakness, chest pain and, eventually, death.
The case-patient was a 61-year-old female with a 3-day history of progressive weakness, chest heaviness, myalgia, cough, and shortness of breath.
On the first day of patient A2's illness, she reported headache, fever, chills, weakness, chest pain, and a productive cough.
Physical therapy sessions may be interrupted or terminated, based on the judgment of the participating clinicians, for changes that include hemodynamic instability, hypoxemia, dizziness, weakness, chest pain or dyspnea.
So too are nausea, vomiting, headaches, weakness, dizziness, chest pain, abdominal pain, hyperventilation and twitches.
Five additional patients with poliomyelitislike syndrome had dyspnea and showed evidence of diaphragmatic weakness by chest radiograph and pulmonary function test results, but were not intubated.
Infusion reactions were observed including fever, chills, myalgia, facial swelling or flushing, vomiting, weakness, hypotension, chest tightness, or shortness of breath.
In the review by Kamel and Hoppin (2004) of the health effects of pesticide exposure, the authors report that chronic pesticide exposure is associated with a broad range of nonspecific symptoms, including headache, dizziness, fatigue, weakness, nausea, chest tightness, difficulty in breathing, insomnia, confusion, and difficulty concentrating.
If you have unexplained, quick onset, and severe lightheadedness accompanied by the symptoms such as head injury, severe headache, a very stiff neck, blurred vision, sudden hearing loss, trouble speaking, leg or arm weakness, and chest pain or rapid slow heart rate, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room to rule out a serious condition.[6].
Guillain-Barré syndrome can become a medical emergency if the weakness affects the chest muscles responsible for breathing.
Atrial fibrillation, in which the heart's upper chambers beat irregularly, can cause palpitations, weakness, faintness or chest pain.
