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Hello I am a 31 year old male with no previous medical history.
Over the past six months I have developed sleep apnea which has gotten progressively more acute. My symptoms are suddenly waking up gasping for air, sometimes I find my vision blurring and the sensation that blood isn't reaching my fingers. This is gotten steadily more acute for the last month, to the point, where I have episodes almost every night.
In addition I seem to have trouble with shortness of breath during the day time as well. I will just be sitting around watching television and suddenly feel like I am not getting enough air. I have also noticed trouble swallowing food (like a constriction/obstruction in the upper part of my throath).
I have been feeling something like a palpitation in my chest over the last week. It seems to get stronger when I eat, otherwise I notice a disturbance once every couple of minutes or so.
I am currently seeing a doctor and have undergone an overnight sleep apnea test, waiting on the result of that.
Any help with my symptoms would be greatly appreciated, I have been worried that I have cardiac problems, I went in to the urgent care center today and had an EKG done, which came back normal. Do my symptoms stand out? would it be wise to head to the emergency center?
