Hello, I have been experiencing chest tightness and shortness of breath for two months now. I have had a chest X-ray and blood tests and both came back clear. I am scheduled for a CT scan next week.
On vacation a couple of weeks ago, my feeling of chest tightness and breathlessness was so bad that I went to the hospital. I was checked for pulmonary embolism (negative) and heart attack (I wasn’t having one) and sent home.
The lung doctor measured my breathing and said that I am on the low side for gas diffusion. I’m not sure what that means but, naturally, I am not worried I have some lung disease that the ct scan will reveal.
What worries me is that what started as an occasional feeling of chest tension and breathlessness has become a near constant feeling of tightness.
Any help or anyone who can weigh in with similar experiences would be very helpful!