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#41 This Is Going To Be Quite A Long Story About My Sudden Health Issues That Started Back In April, So Buckle Up
I woke up one morning (literally) with the following symptoms:
- Sharp pain in my left ribcage area that felt worse when taking a deep breath or with any sort of movement.
- Sharp pain also radiating into my left shoulder blade and upper back area.
- Gastrointestinal issues.
- Bilateral eye redness with light sensitivity.
- Headache.
After day two of these symptoms, I realized my eyes were getting worse and the pain in my side wasn't going away. I decided to reach out to my primary doctor for her opinion. She immediately wanted me to go to the ER due to there being red flags for cardiac issues. Since my chest area did not hurt, it didn't even cross my mind that it could be a heart issue. Also, I had been moving a piece of furniture a few days prior and figured I just hurt myself by doing that. I wasn't aware until this situation that cardiac symptoms tend to present much differently in women than in men and are not always your classic chest and arm pain. The following morning on day three of having symptoms, both of my eyes were insanely bloodshot, were very sensitive to light, and I developed a pain in my forehead/behind my eyes that was pretty severe. I also want to mention that I don't suffer from headaches or migraines often and I have always had 20/20 vision. I had no previous eye issues besides dry eyes that I treated with OTC drops. My husband drove me to the ER that day, and upon admission, they started treating the suspected migraine with Toradol and some other meds used in migraine cocktails. Luckily, it worked and did relieve the pain. Since my heart rate was tachycardic and in the 110 range, they ordered an EKG, a CT scan of my chest, and ran a bunch of labs.
My blood tests and imaging showed the following:
Troponin high sensitivity: 95.0
CRP: 18.3
SED rate: 73
NT-proBNP: 468
WBC: 12.39 K/uL
Platelet count: 468
Chest CT with contrast:
Small left pleural effusion, mild patchy and bandlike consolidative changes in the left greater than right lower lobes, central peribronchial cuffing which may be seen with small airway inflammation. (Oddly enough, I had no cough or breathing issues. I'm also not a smoker.) I was asked by the ER doctor if I had an autoimmune disease or if I had been sick recently. He explained that they've seen cases of COVID, the flu, and coxsackie virus (such as hand, foot, and mouth disease) causing several different issues, with some being similar to mine. I told the doctor that the last time I was sick was about four months prior with some sort of cold or flu. I had a painful sore throat that felt like I was swallowing razor blades, and I lost my voice for a couple of days. Although my rapid virus panels came back negative at the time, I ended up being diagnosed with acute myopericarditis, and they believed that it was possibly the result of a virus that caused inflammation around my heart and eyes.
I was then transferred by ambulance to a larger hospital for continued heart monitoring and testing, and to stay as an inpatient. I saw several specialists, including infectious disease, cardiology, and rheumatology, and had more testing done—talk about exhausting. They started me on colchicine, which is the gold standard for treating myopericarditis, and it unfortunately gave me an entire day of really bad diarrhea; just what I needed 🙄. Since I couldn't tolerate it, they had me stop the colchicine and start taking 600 mg of ibuprofen with 60 mg of prednisone. Let’s just say that with that combo, I soon felt like I had superpowers. 😂 The second day after being admitted, I woke up in the morning and went to wash my face. While looking in the mirror, I noticed that my pupil size in my left eye was different than the right and was shaped almost like a square. I also started seeing these black floaters and a cobweb-type thing in my peripheral vision. This definitely sent me into a bit of a spiral consisting of scary thoughts and flashbacks to watching specific episodes of House M.D.
The doctor came to check out my eyes and wanted me to go for an MRI of my brain, eyes, and heart immediately. Unfortunately, I had metal in my cheek from a previous incident 15 years prior, so that wasn't an option. Long story short, I was shot with a BB gun and was told it wouldn't harm me if I didn't get it removed. I was still sent down to radiology anyway, where they checked to see if it really was magnetic. I mean, I already knew that it was, but they had to see it for themselves, I suppose. 🤷♀️ Yeah, It was very magnetic, to the point where you could see my cheek being pulled when the magnet was held up to it. The MRI techs all got a kick out of it, though.
After day four of being admitted, my eyes were looking less inflamed and I was feeling better overall, so I was told I could be discharged later that day but they did want me to go to a well-known eye clinic ASAP to see an actual eye specialist. I didn't argue, since I really wanted to do everything possible to keep my vision from becoming worse, as uveitis is actually the third leading cause of blindness. So, I made my trip to the Cole Eye Institute, where they did hours of eye tests and imaging. I have had a few appointments with them since the initial one and was ultimately diagnosed with bilateral panuveitis with optic edema and retinal vasculitis, which is inflammation of all layers in the eye—also the most severe form of uveitis. One thing I find a little odd is that I have had low eye pressure (its usually at about 7 in both eyes) rather then high when checked and normal blood pressure; so, intracranial hypertension or IIH was not a diagnosis either. Another symptom that I found odd that came later on was these random episodes of vertigo anytime I would walk around or move quickly where my vision would look almost static like or Fuzzy for a few seconds. Luckily I havent had it for a few weeks now, so im hoping it doesnt come back.
Since there are many rheumatological diseases that can cause a combination of heart and eye inflammation, I had autoimmune tests ordered by my current rheumatologist. She ruled out a ton of things like HLA-B27, Lupus, Sarcoidosis, Behçet’s, GCA, Rheumatoid arthritis, TINU, VKH, and some others that I cannot remember at the moment. My only abnormal labs at this point still are mildly elevated troponin, CRP, sed rate, and platelet count. An autoimmune disease is still possible, I guess, but they were not able to confirm anything specific.
- Sharp pain in my left ribcage area that felt worse when taking a deep breath or with any sort of movement.
- Sharp pain also radiating into my left shoulder blade and upper back area.
- Gastrointestinal issues.
- Bilateral eye redness with light sensitivity.
- Headache.
After day two of these symptoms, I realized my eyes were getting worse and the pain in my side wasn't going away. I decided to reach out to my primary doctor for her opinion. She immediately wanted me to go to the ER due to there being red flags for cardiac issues. Since my chest area did not hurt, it didn't even cross my mind that it could be a heart issue. Also, I had been moving a piece of furniture a few days prior and figured I just hurt myself by doing that. I wasn't aware until this situation that cardiac symptoms tend to present much differently in women than in men and are not always your classic chest and arm pain. The following morning on day three of having symptoms, both of my eyes were insanely bloodshot, were very sensitive to light, and I developed a pain in my forehead/behind my eyes that was pretty severe. I also want to mention that I don't suffer from headaches or migraines often and I have always had 20/20 vision. I had no previous eye issues besides dry eyes that I treated with OTC drops. My husband drove me to the ER that day, and upon admission, they started treating the suspected migraine with Toradol and some other meds used in migraine cocktails. Luckily, it worked and did relieve the pain. Since my heart rate was tachycardic and in the 110 range, they ordered an EKG, a CT scan of my chest, and ran a bunch of labs.
My blood tests and imaging showed the following:
Troponin high sensitivity: 95.0
CRP: 18.3
SED rate: 73
NT-proBNP: 468
WBC: 12.39 K/uL
Platelet count: 468
Chest CT with contrast:
Small left pleural effusion, mild patchy and bandlike consolidative changes in the left greater than right lower lobes, central peribronchial cuffing which may be seen with small airway inflammation. (Oddly enough, I had no cough or breathing issues. I'm also not a smoker.) I was asked by the ER doctor if I had an autoimmune disease or if I had been sick recently. He explained that they've seen cases of COVID, the flu, and coxsackie virus (such as hand, foot, and mouth disease) causing several different issues, with some being similar to mine. I told the doctor that the last time I was sick was about four months prior with some sort of cold or flu. I had a painful sore throat that felt like I was swallowing razor blades, and I lost my voice for a couple of days. Although my rapid virus panels came back negative at the time, I ended up being diagnosed with acute myopericarditis, and they believed that it was possibly the result of a virus that caused inflammation around my heart and eyes.
I was then transferred by ambulance to a larger hospital for continued heart monitoring and testing, and to stay as an inpatient. I saw several specialists, including infectious disease, cardiology, and rheumatology, and had more testing done—talk about exhausting. They started me on colchicine, which is the gold standard for treating myopericarditis, and it unfortunately gave me an entire day of really bad diarrhea; just what I needed 🙄. Since I couldn't tolerate it, they had me stop the colchicine and start taking 600 mg of ibuprofen with 60 mg of prednisone. Let’s just say that with that combo, I soon felt like I had superpowers. 😂 The second day after being admitted, I woke up in the morning and went to wash my face. While looking in the mirror, I noticed that my pupil size in my left eye was different than the right and was shaped almost like a square. I also started seeing these black floaters and a cobweb-type thing in my peripheral vision. This definitely sent me into a bit of a spiral consisting of scary thoughts and flashbacks to watching specific episodes of House M.D.
The doctor came to check out my eyes and wanted me to go for an MRI of my brain, eyes, and heart immediately. Unfortunately, I had metal in my cheek from a previous incident 15 years prior, so that wasn't an option. Long story short, I was shot with a BB gun and was told it wouldn't harm me if I didn't get it removed. I was still sent down to radiology anyway, where they checked to see if it really was magnetic. I mean, I already knew that it was, but they had to see it for themselves, I suppose. 🤷♀️ Yeah, It was very magnetic, to the point where you could see my cheek being pulled when the magnet was held up to it. The MRI techs all got a kick out of it, though.
After day four of being admitted, my eyes were looking less inflamed and I was feeling better overall, so I was told I could be discharged later that day but they did want me to go to a well-known eye clinic ASAP to see an actual eye specialist. I didn't argue, since I really wanted to do everything possible to keep my vision from becoming worse, as uveitis is actually the third leading cause of blindness. So, I made my trip to the Cole Eye Institute, where they did hours of eye tests and imaging. I have had a few appointments with them since the initial one and was ultimately diagnosed with bilateral panuveitis with optic edema and retinal vasculitis, which is inflammation of all layers in the eye—also the most severe form of uveitis. One thing I find a little odd is that I have had low eye pressure (its usually at about 7 in both eyes) rather then high when checked and normal blood pressure; so, intracranial hypertension or IIH was not a diagnosis either. Another symptom that I found odd that came later on was these random episodes of vertigo anytime I would walk around or move quickly where my vision would look almost static like or Fuzzy for a few seconds. Luckily I havent had it for a few weeks now, so im hoping it doesnt come back.
Since there are many rheumatological diseases that can cause a combination of heart and eye inflammation, I had autoimmune tests ordered by my current rheumatologist. She ruled out a ton of things like HLA-B27, Lupus, Sarcoidosis, Behçet’s, GCA, Rheumatoid arthritis, TINU, VKH, and some others that I cannot remember at the moment. My only abnormal labs at this point still are mildly elevated troponin, CRP, sed rate, and platelet count. An autoimmune disease is still possible, I guess, but they were not able to confirm anything specific.
5points
#42 Closed My Finger In The Sliding Glass Door Last Night
Long time lurker, first time poster. Popped my whole fake nail + my real nail from the root clean off. Honestly, when it happened the pain level was very low. 2 out of 10 . Maybe from the shock tho. I did almost faint and had to lay down and drink some water. Long nails are not for the weak, and No this probably won't stop me from having them long.
4points
#43 At The Beginning Of This Year My 17yo Almost Completely Severed His Finger Off And Partially Degloved A Second Finger With A Woodsplitter
4points
#44 This Is My 6 Year Old. She Is Missing Two Bottom Adult Teeth Under Her Baby Teeth. Doc Says They Will Stay Baby Teeth Forever. There’s No Adult Teeth To Push Them Out
3points
