i recently suffered from a serious copd exasperation. I am diagnosed with severe emphysema lung function of 14%, was managing well with regular exercise routine healthy diet following all medication procedures. Everything was honky dory. Last Wednesday after normal morning, exercise shower breakfast, just relaxing, became very exhausted. Not so much breathless, o2 sat was 96% temp was normal although i felt very clamy. Pulse was 132, rechecked 10 minutes 135, recheck 10 minutes 137. Applied cpap mask to try to alleviate the breathlessness to no avail. Called Ambos, they arrived. Hooked me up all the numbers were the same as mine, ecg was normal pulse still 138. Extremely exhausted after 2 hour. Transported to hospital, bloods x-ray. Ct scan, urine, covid & flu test. All clear no visible sign of cause of extreme exhaustion. Given atrovent & 40 mgs of prednisone, pulse stills high 130s. Wasnt feeling so exhausted but heart was still racing. After 9 hours admitted for observation overnight, due to not having a cpap machine on site & suffer from osa.i didn't get the best of sleep although a amitriptyline tab did help a little. Next morning. All stats were within normal pulse a little high @ mid 90s,blood pressure was acceptable. Returned home friday. Pre this event i could walk a 100 meters without issues, post can barely walk 10 meters. Completely blown out. Temperature is normal, o2 @ 94-96% goes down to high 80s on exertion. Pulse fluctuations between 80s upto 120s recovering after 5+ minutes.
Im at a loss to understanding what happened. Suspected stress overload pre even from external sources. Resent dental repairs the wk prior with 2 extractions under local anesthesia. Otherwise unknown cause & effect.