xfilme
03-05-09, 20:59
Please can someone try and put my mind at rest. I have had a weird buzzing sensation on the lower left and center of my ribs now for about 5 weeks. It is more pronounced when I exhale. I went to the doctors about a month ago and told her about it and she checked my chest with a stethescope and told me my lungs sounded just fine so maybe it was a nerve.
About 2 weeks after my doctors appointment, I caught a virus off my dad. It began with a sore throat. It then progressed to tonsillitis, conjunctivitis and then a bad sinus infection. I took over the counter decongestants and painkillers and got rid of my tonsillitis, but the mucus had laid so heavy on my chest and dehydrated my throat that it developed into a really persistent cough and an ulcerated tongue. Within two weeks it was almost completely gone except for a bit of a cough and a really dry and ulcerated throat.
I called the doctor and he told me over the phone I needed to take antibiotics to get rid of it completely. My sinuses completely cleared and all ulceration went down. It has now been two days since my last tablet.
The vibration in my chest is still there. I still have a slight cough and my chest still feels quite tight.
The vibration or buzzing sensation is driving me wild with health anxiety as Im terrified it could be undiagnosed lung cancer. I am afraid to push my doc for further tests because they say there is nothing there and I think unnecessary testing could make my anxiety go off the scale for fear of results as my mum had breast cancer and all her results were bad news.
I still have some mucus on my chest but the vibrating was there before my chest infection so im sure that it still wont show up if i get her to check my lungs again.
I was a light smoker for about 5 years. I quit last November. I am 31 years old and apart from iron deficiency I am otherwise a healthy person. I do not know the symptoms of lung cancer and I am too scared to look, but can anybody reassure me that if it was something sinister I would be showing something worse than I am.... I dont know, im just so scared. Please somebody help me. I dont want my anxiety to rocket from looking up the wrong info on google as ive banned myself from looking, but can anyone tell me if they think I should be worrying? Please dont scare me... im really fragile.
What can cause this buzzing? Would a gp be able to tell if it was something sinister just from listening to my chest? Please someone reassure me... Im beginning to freak out. x
About 2 weeks after my doctors appointment, I caught a virus off my dad. It began with a sore throat. It then progressed to tonsillitis, conjunctivitis and then a bad sinus infection. I took over the counter decongestants and painkillers and got rid of my tonsillitis, but the mucus had laid so heavy on my chest and dehydrated my throat that it developed into a really persistent cough and an ulcerated tongue. Within two weeks it was almost completely gone except for a bit of a cough and a really dry and ulcerated throat.
I called the doctor and he told me over the phone I needed to take antibiotics to get rid of it completely. My sinuses completely cleared and all ulceration went down. It has now been two days since my last tablet.
The vibration in my chest is still there. I still have a slight cough and my chest still feels quite tight.
The vibration or buzzing sensation is driving me wild with health anxiety as Im terrified it could be undiagnosed lung cancer. I am afraid to push my doc for further tests because they say there is nothing there and I think unnecessary testing could make my anxiety go off the scale for fear of results as my mum had breast cancer and all her results were bad news.
I still have some mucus on my chest but the vibrating was there before my chest infection so im sure that it still wont show up if i get her to check my lungs again.
I was a light smoker for about 5 years. I quit last November. I am 31 years old and apart from iron deficiency I am otherwise a healthy person. I do not know the symptoms of lung cancer and I am too scared to look, but can anybody reassure me that if it was something sinister I would be showing something worse than I am.... I dont know, im just so scared. Please somebody help me. I dont want my anxiety to rocket from looking up the wrong info on google as ive banned myself from looking, but can anyone tell me if they think I should be worrying? Please dont scare me... im really fragile.
What can cause this buzzing? Would a gp be able to tell if it was something sinister just from listening to my chest? Please someone reassure me... Im beginning to freak out. x