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Strange Symptoms

Hello. I've been feeling under the weather lately and this morning I woke up with great pain in my chest when I sit up and now it's just turned into pain with every breath. My hands are shaky. And I have shortness of breath. Should I go to urgent care or is this just a bad cold?

I am a 21 year old female with Crohns Disease.
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1 UpVoted this answer Otumdi Omekara, MD Preventive Medicine Specialist, Portland
The only way to determine the seriousness of your symptoms is for you to be evaluated by a medical provider. If you think that your symptoms are life threatening then go to the nearest emergency room or call 911. A bad cold generally does not exhibit the type of symptoms you are describing.
Jody Stubler
Jody Stubler
Family Practitioner in Salt Lake City, UT
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January 25, 04:22 AM
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1 UpVoted this answer Leslie Dawdy Family Practitioner, Colorado Springs
go to the nearest ER, some upper respirotory infection can turn into something more serious, Pleuritis or even sometime myocarditis if it is coxakie B virus or even adenovirus that is causing your cold sympyoms

you need to have some tests done at the ER

God Bless
Bassam Yassine
Bassam Yassine, MD
Family Medicine in Glendora, CA
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January 19, 12:27 AM
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1 UpVoted this answer Otumdi Omekara, MD Preventive Medicine Specialist, Portland
Yes, you should be checked by a physician. You may have pleurisy, or underlying pneumonia. An exam and likely chest x-ray would be warranted to determine the cause and treatment.
John S. Ferris
John S. Ferris, MD
Internist in Grapevine, TX
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Website: Grapevine Internal Medicine Centre
January 18, 07:56 PM
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It is probably a bad cold, but I would see your doctor to make sure it is not something worse.

Best of luck!
Compass Clinic - Dallas
Compass Clinic - Dallas
Addiction Medicine in Lewisville, TX
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Website: Compass Clinic, Outpatient Opioid and Drug Treatment Center
January 21, 10:15 PM
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Yes you need to call 911. People in your age bracket are known to have a form of congenital aortic outlet hypertrophic stenosis that can get severe enough to give you a heart attack. Usually such cases are first noticed during vigorous sports activities like soccer of football game. But yours is occurring with mild exertion of sitting up and breathing. This may or may not be related to your Chrohns Disease.
Otumdi Omekara
Otumdi Omekara, MD
Preventive Medicine Specialist in Portland, OR
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January 21, 02:02 PM
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Go to ER for further comprehensive evaluation and treatment. Thank you.
Leslie Dawdy
Leslie Dawdy
Family Practitioner in Colorado Springs, CO
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January 19, 05:28 AM
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BEst to go see MD at Emergency care to rule out serious conditions.

Then I would recommend visiting a Functional Medicine Doctor, learn about them here:

http://orangeparkchiropractor.com/functional-medicine/

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David Otto
David Otto, DC, DACBN
Chiropractic in Orange Park, FL
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January 18, 09:14 PM
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