Lung disease can affect the heart through structural changes of pulmonary vasculature, hypoxia or peripheral circulartion admixture, increased cardiac output or volume, elevation of ventricular or pulmonary vasculature. This is why it is important to discuss with your doctor about the various differentials if congestive heart failure is being considered.
Narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that causes hypersomnia (i.e., increased sleeping or sleepiness). The disorder usually starts in adolescence or young adulthood. Patients often get sudden sleep attacks that are notable for their almost instantaneous onset of REM sleep (decreased REM latency).
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Complaining of sore throat, rash, fatigue, fever, redness in your throat (pharyngeal erythema) definitely prompts a physician to think about Strep Throat. However, infectious mononucleosis should be in the differential diagnosis with these upper respiratory infection symptoms — especially in a young adult.
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Do you experience chest tightness with wheezing along with any symptoms associated with laryngitis but have never been diagnosed with asthma? Any nocturnal newly diagnosed asthma in a middle-aged patient should raise a suspicion for gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD.
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