Post Viral Inflammatory Chest Pain
In December I got very sick. Lost my voice, fever, cough, severe headaches, chest pain. My healthcare sucks. I wasn’t tested for anything; even basic things like pneumonia or strep by my PCP. Via home test o was negative for flu/covid/rsv. When I went to my out of state specialist for my autoimmune condition he immediately put me on a high dose steroid for a month but this was weeks into the illness. I only reach him once a year. Months later my exercise tolerance is terrible. Normally a competitive runner I can’t even go for a walk. That being said I’ve had non-stop medication lapses due to office staff errors that were causing severe flareups and deconditioning as well. However every walk I’m still having chest pain. Told my cardiologist in March. He writes chest pain is of post-viral inflammatory etiology but gave no advice and had nothing to base this on test-wise. His office is another one that does no followup or testing ever. I have had a pacemaker in this office for 6 years and haven’t had a single EKG, echo, stress test and he never even listens to my heart. My insurance coverage is horrible so I’m stuck with this office. Is this not completely abnormal standard of care? I’m 40, female, 100% paced in both leads.