theycallmechickmagnet
Songster
I wasn't sure if this was the right topic to post this in, but I have a concern. About a week ago, I was cleaning the coop. I scraped all the boards and decided to dig down and get all those layers of old hay out (ground was getting too high for the door). I went through 3 masks while cleaning because they kept getting too dirty and wet with sweat (it was really hot out). I often found myself needing to go out and gasp for air because stuff was still getting through the mask. It got in my eyes (and mouth too somehow).
That night, after a shower, I was laying in bed and noticed it suddenly became really hard to breathe. Felt like my lungs closed. My chest, neck and shoulders hurt so bad, which I know is normal for all that work, but I could barely breathe and my lungs+heart hurt SO bad. I kept coughing up loads of phlegm and wheezed all night, hardly getting any sleep. I felt like there was a lump in my throat and an air bubble in the middle of my chest and it kept making me unable to breathe. It was very scary for me because my lung pain and heart palpitations were so extreme. Haven't had insurance, so I couldn't go to the hospital. I thought I was going to die, honest to God. It was like this for about 3 days then finally started getting better.
About a week has passed and I notice some really strange things. I still feel the air bubble often and have to shake my head a few times to make it go away in order to breathe. I think all the phlegm is gone but it comes up occasionally. Some times when I cough the phlegm that randomly shows up, it tastes bloody. I've noticed now my whole body is aching and hurts all over. I keep getting uncomfortable and sometimes painful spasms in my legs. It doesn't matter if I'm sitting, standing, walking or laying, they just show up and come out of nowhere.
Is there any illnesses that you can get from cleaning coops that would cause this? I'm concerned that these symptoms still haven't gone away. I've taken meds every day for the pain but they don't seem to help. I also use vapor for my allergies but it doesn't seem to be helping either. My muscles seem to be getting weaker and hurt more by the day (the original muscle pain sites from the first 3 days have gotten better, but now the pain around my whole body is an equal ache, if that makes sense?) I'm only 19 and never have had serious health issues
edit: some things I forgot to add that is currently happening
-small headache all day
-no fever
-joint pain
-tingling in upper back
-fast heartbeat and heart pain
-problems with sleep positions (sleep on side= neck spasms | sleep on back = fast heartbeat with palpitations and hard to breathe)
-occasional pain when trying to breathe
-cramp/spasms randomly anywhere
That night, after a shower, I was laying in bed and noticed it suddenly became really hard to breathe. Felt like my lungs closed. My chest, neck and shoulders hurt so bad, which I know is normal for all that work, but I could barely breathe and my lungs+heart hurt SO bad. I kept coughing up loads of phlegm and wheezed all night, hardly getting any sleep. I felt like there was a lump in my throat and an air bubble in the middle of my chest and it kept making me unable to breathe. It was very scary for me because my lung pain and heart palpitations were so extreme. Haven't had insurance, so I couldn't go to the hospital. I thought I was going to die, honest to God. It was like this for about 3 days then finally started getting better.
About a week has passed and I notice some really strange things. I still feel the air bubble often and have to shake my head a few times to make it go away in order to breathe. I think all the phlegm is gone but it comes up occasionally. Some times when I cough the phlegm that randomly shows up, it tastes bloody. I've noticed now my whole body is aching and hurts all over. I keep getting uncomfortable and sometimes painful spasms in my legs. It doesn't matter if I'm sitting, standing, walking or laying, they just show up and come out of nowhere.
Is there any illnesses that you can get from cleaning coops that would cause this? I'm concerned that these symptoms still haven't gone away. I've taken meds every day for the pain but they don't seem to help. I also use vapor for my allergies but it doesn't seem to be helping either. My muscles seem to be getting weaker and hurt more by the day (the original muscle pain sites from the first 3 days have gotten better, but now the pain around my whole body is an equal ache, if that makes sense?) I'm only 19 and never have had serious health issues
edit: some things I forgot to add that is currently happening
-small headache all day
-no fever
-joint pain
-tingling in upper back
-fast heartbeat and heart pain
-problems with sleep positions (sleep on side= neck spasms | sleep on back = fast heartbeat with palpitations and hard to breathe)
-occasional pain when trying to breathe
-cramp/spasms randomly anywhere
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I haven't gone yet. We just figured out my insurance plan today so I should be able to get in tomorrow
