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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

I am in the US, so financial calculations need to be factored in.

For a moment, I couldn't breathe, felt like I was going to die, then vomitted.

Now heart beating slightly off, not feeling great but not terrible, had mild chest pain earlier in evening...

Kinda feel off. Have medical insurance with large deductible.

Ignore it? Taxi to ER? Call 911? Genuinely don't know and don't like 911 since police are involved.

Also I feel hot, feel burning around my neck.

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[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago

Can you ask somebody to drive you?

[-] secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No

I could just get a cab

The point is the ER costs a lot

[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago

Sorry that I don't understand the financial situation in your country.

But I think your health situation absolutely needs some professional to have at least a thorough look. Today.

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[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could be a simple case of reflux - when some stomach valve doesn't stay completely closed during sleep and lets gastric juices and food creep upwards.

But the best medical advice is not to seek medical advice from randos online. Go to urgent care and see what they say, or at the very least lookup if there is a nurse hotline where you live and call it.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Taxi to ER. No medical office will touch you having complained of, even mild, chest pain and a weird feeling heart. Been there, done that. Walk in the ER talking of chest pain, and say that first!, they will throw you in a room and attach an EKG. Been there, done that.

I don't mean to alarm you, but taken together those symptoms smell like a mild heart attack. By some voodoo I don't understand, the EKG can tell, even if the event is not happening in the moment.

I say no medical office will touch you, but first time my doc sent me to the ER, second time they whipped out a portable EKG. Times change, I may be wrong.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

In my experience, taxi drivers will refuse to take customers to the ER due to liability concerns.

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[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Damn... Sounds like literally you just had heart attack...

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago

this could be a number of things, some of which can be fatal. lab tests or imaging for these things are cheap, but only available at hospital and what else do you expect from random internet people than "haul your ass to hospital and ask someone irl that actually knows"

[-] Oka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Sounds like heat illness. Did you sleep too hot?

[-] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 5 points 1 year ago

Really sorry you don't have healthcare! Have you tried the NHS symptoms checker?. You don't need to be eligible for NHS treatment to use it, you don't even register. IME they are a bit trigger happy with saying you need to get checked out but it will hopefully give you a steer. Good luck

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

So, are you still alive?

[-] underline960@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Do urgent care instead, if that's an option where you are.

Urgent Care vs. ER

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

Urgent care will just tell you to go to the ER if you come in with something potentially serious like chest pain. They're useless for anything but the most minor issues. They don't even do stitches or blood work.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This sounds like GERD/acid reflux, which I am unfortunately far too familiar with. Go see a doctor.

If it takes too long to see a GI specialist, there are OTC acid reducers like omeprazole you can start in the interim. They take a while to see results, especially if the reflux has injured your esophagus.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago

Yes. I personally wouldn't call a wee-woo wagon, but it's def not normal.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds almost identical to my panic attacks. But im no dr, go see one if you don't feel better

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