I am a 44 year old woman, had a t-bone accident about 12 years ago and suffered injury to sternum, alon g with severe whiplash. A year or so later I have suffered with mid sternum pain, throat squeezing, heart flutters and near fainting. I have been on paxil, metoprolol and buspar, and Robaxin. I am sometimes symptom free, and then the symptoms return. I have been seen by cardiologists, endocrinologists, allergists, gastrointerologists,. Help, I have run out of answers.
HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON Chat Doctor.WHIPLASH INJURY IS EVALUATED WITH MRI CERVICAL SPINE.IF AN ABNORMALITY IS FOUND, THEN SPINAL DECOMPRESSION THROUGH LAMINECTOMY IS DONE.CORTICOSTEROIDS ARE VERY HELPFUL.STERNAL INJURIES ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC CONTUSIONS.THIS EXPLAINS THE CARDIAC SYMPTOMS IN YOUR CASE.CONSIDER HAVING 2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.CONTINUE WITH ALL THE PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.KEEP IN TOUCH WITH CARDIOLOGIST.THANK YouTube CARE