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Would love peoples' experiences. A few months ago I started getting chest pain and light headedness after exercise. Yes, of course this could be a heart problem and I know Lyme affects the heart. But there are some weird characteristics of it:
1) The pain is on the left side, about 3" below my nipple (I'm male). It seems too low to be heart. The pain sometimes goes even lower and more to the left. On an anatomy diagram it is exactly where the spleen is.
2) The pain comes on AFTER exercise, not during. I think heart stuff is mostly during.
3) I have in fact been experiencing a creeping worsening of Babesia over the past months, and I know Babesia can cause spleen pain/enlargement. But would it cause this *after exercise* specifically?
4) My EKG results have been normal, but I haven't done a stress EKG or exercise testing, only at rest.
Just wondering if anyone can shed light on this... specifically, spleen pain and light headedness *after* exercise. It may be a heart problem but I'm just not thinking that it is. Unsure. Thanks.
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Tincup
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Dan67,
I've had spleen swelling and pain NOT necessarily associated with exercise. Not sure this will help at all, but....
It does hurt under the edge of the rib cage. I could tell when I bent forward sometimes (or twisted at the waist) the spleen would feel "pinched" under the rib cage, almost like it partially rolled upward near the outside of the rib cage.
Rather sharp (unexpected) pain sometimes too.
Otherwise it felt "achy" much of the time. Like a mild, eat too many apples belly ache.
We can't rule out heart, so do get checked please.
me
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Have you had your spleen checked? Please get your spleen checked bc if there is something going on with your spleen it can cause complications, sometimes severe, with babesia. Not trying to scare you, trying to make sure you have the information and get your spleen checked out.
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