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What Causes Headaches And Fast Heart Rate After The Brain Surgery?
I have had a Amv and during my brain surgery they discovered another small bleed deep in my brain... This was in Jan of this year.... In Aug I discovered new symptoms that are very concerning to me and none of my doctors can tell me what s wrong or how to fix it... I experience headaches everyday, shaking, fast pounding heart feels like its coming out of my chest, heart rate is always in the 100 s , sweating a lot during episodes, nauseous, dizziness, face twitching... Etc the list of symptoms go on....
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I will suggest you to find cause of these symptoms. I think you should get your catecholamines and thyroid checked as these symptoms are suggestive of either hyperthyroidism and pheochromocytoma. You should get 24 hour urinary VMA levels done and serum metanephrine levels and a thyroid profile in form of free T3, free T4 and a TSH. Meanwhile start taking propranolol 20 mg twice a day to relive palpitations and headache and do monitor your blood pressure especially during these attacks and after that.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Muhammad Faisal Bacha, Internal Medicine Specialist
I will suggest you to find cause of these symptoms. I think you should get your catecholamines and thyroid checked as these symptoms are suggestive of either hyperthyroidism and pheochromocytoma. You should get 24 hour urinary VMA levels done and serum metanephrine levels and a thyroid profile in form of free T3, free T4 and a TSH. Meanwhile start taking propranolol 20 mg twice a day to relive palpitations and headache and do monitor your blood pressure especially during these attacks and after that.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Muhammad Faisal Bacha, Internal Medicine Specialist
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