i have shortness of breath and weak legs this has developed after I had a cold and seems to get worse my pulse has also increased from normal from 50s to 70s and at one time over 100 a few days ago. Is it bronchitis that will go away or should I go to the doctor?
Hello and thank you for using Chat Doctor. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain and give you my opinion. The causes of dyspnea might be different. It might be a pulmonary problem, bronchitis, pneumonia BHT it also might be a cardiac problem. A viral infection sometime might affect the heart, her function, might affect pericardial layer and give pericardial effusion and this might be responsible for dyspnea, tachycardia. So, to clear all our doubt I will recommend you to have a cardiac echo to evaluate heart function, exclude pericardial effusion, a blood analyze and a thorax x-ray to see pulmonary situation. These will help to better understand what is going on and how to m\u00e9nage it. Hope I was helpful. Best regards, Chat Doctor.