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Q: Unexplained high CO2 levels
asked by: Blue727 on May 10th, 2008
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I am a 28 year old male, many symptoms and many tests. Sorry for the long post in advance, but I thought if I laid it out, somebody might be able to help me figure this out.

To start off, I was born with a heart murmur (not a problem). 3 years ago I was scheduled for a gall bladder surgery. The doctor put me under and when I woke up I was told they didn't do it, as my CO2 levels were through the roof (not sure what they were, but very high). The doctor felt it could be due to a virus, so rescheduled for two weeks later. 2 weeks later, the same thing happened. I was sent to a cardiologist who performed a echo and a test on a treadmill. Everything was fine so they did the surgery. Levels were still high for surgery, but they did it anyway. I have had my blood tested many times since then and my C02 levels are either at the top of the range or slightly over everytime. I got really weak, shaky and pale looking about a month ago and was taken to the ER. The doctor said she thought it could be my heart, possible hypercapnia, but ordered no further testing. I just wanted to see what you thought, based on my symptoms and such, if it could be anything heart related.

I am shaky most part of everyday, my body feels like I have internal shakiness, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, constant diarhea, cannot tolerate the heat yet I shake like a bobblehead doll in the cold, night sweats, insomnia, can't get up in the mornings, but I'm not tired during the day, headaches, nervousness. The worst problem I have is that my right eye actually feels much smaller than my left. People actually notice this from time to time. My eyelids feel as thought they weigh a ton, but my right eye feels the heaviest. When I wake up in the morning, I'm really shaky. When I try and take a nap, I shake like I'm having a seizure, my heart beats so hard it shakes my left arm and I just feel out of it. I almost always feel slow, dumb and off balance. I have been told it seems like I have a pituitary problem, but nobody has ever offered or done a scan of my pituitary, thymus or anything. I feel like I constantly have like post nasal drip or changing of my voice, clogged ears and some serious pain behind my eyes. I usually eat like crazy and people have said there surprised I don't weigh 300 pounds, yet I can eat everything and still lose 5 pounds. I wake up everynight around 2:00 in the morning and I'm hungry. I have seen 11 doctors, optometrist, opthamologist, neurologist, ENT, sleep apnea test, CT scan of head, MRI of head...but found nothing. I have been told it could be Myasthavis Gravis (SP), post concussion syndrome, hypothyroid, pituitary problem, heart condition, etc...

I woke up almost 5 years ago and complained my eyes felt funny, my left ear hurt and I was really dizzy. Things have dramatically went downhill from there. I used to be so athletic and last summer after playing a softball game, I was shaking so badly I could barely walk. I have ED, shakiness of my arms when trying to hold myself up, shakiness of my legs on and off throughout the day. When I go into a store, driving or anything, my eyes feel like they do not track together. My night vision has dramatically went downhill as well. I am almost unable to maintain eye contact, as my eyes feel so off. I almost feel as though I do not get circulation to my head. When laying down, I often hear and feel my heartbeat in my left ear really lound and hard. Walking up a hill makes me very short of breath.
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antigone
replied on May 10th, 2008
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Thyroid gland. You need to have levels drawn. Go see an endocrinologist. Print out this post and let him/her read it. You really need to find the reason behind this. Thyroid comes to mind but could be something else. You need to start somewhere so try that. Let us know how you do.
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