Shortness of breath, tight chest. NO FEVER OR COUGH THO. COVID?

[alcrth6]

Bad shortness of breath... is it stress/anxiety or corona?

 

[alcrth6]

hello!!

 

[bin_tenn]

Not likely. I'd say anxiety is much more likely, as I often get this with anxiety. It's a common anxiety symptom.

 

[MakUSA]

Its just an anxiety. The moment I heard that that's one of the symptoms of Corona, I start having them, but after calming down, I realize that the almighty anxiety is playing with me as usual.

 

[Stgeorge25]

For the past 4 days I have been struggling really bad with my anxiety , I have been at home my my partner and 2 young kids for 2 and a half weeks and been fine and then 4 days ago I started to get i tight chest found breathing a little difficult so straight away I thought corona , day 2 I woke up the same and then read Boris had it that was it all day I was having attack after attack until I come to get in bed I felt sick and my whole body just started shaking I was so scared even started crying to my partner , I phone my doctors the morning after and got some diazapan prescribed for me this helped me out a little but after 2 days I'm sat here with what feels like my throat closing up and getting that feeling back can someone please tell me this is normal because my mind keeps going to the virus

 

[Iugrad91]

If you don’t have a fever or other symptoms it is not CV. I have not hear of anyone who had shortness of breath as a first symptom. It usually comes many days after having a fever, dry cough, and other symptoms.

 

[Stgeorge25]

If you don’t have a fever or other symptoms it is not CV. I have not hear of anyone who had shortness of breath as a first symptom. It usually comes many days after having a fever, dry cough, and other symptoms.

Thanks for the reply it helps allot I'm struggling really bad at the minute my partner doesn't fully get the way I'm feeling she's absolutely shattered from having to deal with the kids 24/7 and I'm no use what so ever at the minute and its starting to cause arguments i just want this feeling to go away , I'm a terrible flyer and have to take tablets but have never had this feeling this bad usually once I step of the flight I'm back to normal but this is 4/5 days on going can anyone else relate to this

 

[Henrie]

I have had shortness of breath since it all started at the end of last year docto checked it out it anxiety

 

[SelfReflective]

Hi, everyone, first time poster... I would describe myself as an anxious person, but I’ve never had a panic attack or taken medication for anxiety or something. However, this corona virus situation and everything around it has driven me to my first full blown panic attack, calling my doctor, calling the emergency unit because I was sure I was having a heart attack, shortness of breath, and of course, a tightness in my chest...no fever, no cough. My blood pressure went to 140/90, heart rate at 89, and I'm usually at the low end of both those measures.

They advised me to take something to calm me down, as a nervous flyer I was given a two 0,5mg Xanax tablets by a friend once, but never used them, this time I took one and it just put me to such a nice, deep sleep....

I was feeling great after that, the next day as well, then I started reading about corona again....I read that horrible story about the 30-something man in the US diagnosed with covid-19 who had gone to sleep and not woken up, I won't go into details, such a horrible story, my chest got tight again and I was sure the virus was in the process of killing me, I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, why is this happening, still no cough, no fever, I could fill my lungs with air, right, but....am I just fooling myself?

Long story short, I scheduled a chest X-ray and blood work, the night before I was sure I was dying, felt numbness in my left arm, meaning that I was deprived of oxygen, right? Warm tingles in my lungs, I guess the virus was destroying what was left of them, my chest was tight, in the dead of night I was measuring my blood pressure, all ok, no fever, no cough...at 3am I thought let's hear what other anxious people are saying about their experiences, after 20 minutes of this on YouTube I chuckled to myself, realized I was fine, and went to sleep.

My results came back normal, I immediately started to find reasons to worry, maybe it's the early stages, it won't show in the blood cell count, why is my chest still tight...it's maddening. I just hope I can reassure someone that everything is ok because I was 100% sure I was dying, and it's 99% probable it's all in my head

 

[JoshhLadd]

For the past 4 days I have been struggling really bad with my anxiety , I have been at home my my partner and 2 young kids for 2 and a half weeks and been fine and then 4 days ago I started to get i tight chest found breathing a little difficult so straight away I thought corona , day 2 I woke up the same and then read Boris had it that was it all day I was having attack after attack until I come to get in bed I felt sick and my whole body just started shaking I was so scared even started crying to my partner , I phone my doctors the morning after and got some diazapan prescribed for me this helped me out a little but after 2 days I'm sat here with what feels like my throat closing up and getting that feeling back can someone please tell me this is normal because my mind keeps going to the virus

I was excatly the same and i think this was a major trigger in my own anxiety since then it feels like im having trouble breathing but it always corrects itself when im on here talking im fine. I see today boris came out great news. Ive also lost my appetite when i i do eat i feel sick i gag and im constantly clearing my throat making a horrible noise i feel i have to take a deep breath quite regular sometimes feel light headed and feel quite weak its a shame as its been 6 years since my last episode