update of my visit to A&E

[Manhattan1]

after taking the advice of many good people here regarding my question about right sided discomfort regards possible cardiac symptom- i did call 111 and was told to visit A&E.. arrived within minutes had ecg and bp taken within another few mins wheeled into Urgent Care.. bloods taken.. bp was 180/80.. was told first troponin was inconclusive.. 2nd troponin was ok and allowed home .. so all good.. BUT.. could someone.. anyone.. exolain to me what is an INCONCLUSIVE troponin ? 🤣.. even the nurse didn’t know the answer

[Tos92]

Good to hear you got checked out and all is well. I hope the BP is being treated if you do have high blood pressure. Not sure what an inconclusive troponin would mean other than they could not determine anything from it. Sometimes blood samples hemolyze. I wonder if that had happened?

Hope you can relax at home now.

Take care,

Tos

[Manhattan1 in reply to Tos92]

been on bp meds for years.. goes up and down unfortunately 😂.. thanks for trying to explain the triponin thingie.. i don’t even lnow what hemolyze means i’m afraid

[Milkfairy Heart Star in reply to Manhattan1]

Sometimes blood samples can be damaged when the blood is taken.The blood 'splits'

Haemolyis can occur if someone's blood is difficult to take, the blood in the collection tube isn't gently mixed, the blood sample tube is kept in warm place and doesn't get to the blood lab promptly.

Regarding the term 'inconclusive' it could mean that the first sample was between 5ng/L to 16ng/L which is considered a grey area.

The Troponin is a little bit raised but not raised enough to indicate the heart muscle has been damaged.

I hope you rest well at home.

[Manhattan1 in reply to Milkfairy]

many thanks for that Milkfairy.. just wish if it was inconclusive what the marker was.. here’s hoping i don’t have to go back there for a while lol

[Robfromwales]

I would imagine that any increase ( if at all ) in troponin was at acceptable levels. I register at top end always on first one and especially so after OHS. But never had increase more than 1

[Jako999]

You will find it was higher then it should be but this can happen for other reasons then a HT, the main thing is the second set of bloods taken hadn’t increased because that would have meant your heart was still under stress which would almost certainly be a HT but again not always.

I hope that puts it into easy to understand terms. Remember there are lots of reasons for chest discomfort not just a HT. I hope you feel better soon.

[Manhattan1 in reply to Jako999]

thanks Jake.. i should have went to the nearest hospital when it happened.. not waited over 24 hrs after the event and then up to my local A&E.. but so far no recurrence 😊..

[Britomartis29]

sorry to hear this happened to you, Manhattan1. Something to know is that if you take vitamins containing Biotin they can mess up troponin results. Biotin is in most multivitamins and most B-complex vitamins. Good luck.

[Manhattan1 in reply to Britomartis29]

no vitamins have ever passed my lips.. maybe i should take some to help my multi pre existing condtions 😂

[Britomartis29]

😂 Thanks and good luck!