Urgent symptoms

Topics to discuss

• Chest pain or pressure
• Fainting or nearly fainting
• Severe shortness of breath, or lips or face turning blue
• Sudden weakness, confusion, or trouble speaking
• A racing or irregular heartbeat with dizziness
• If any of these happen, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.

Choosing the next step

Use the warning signs above to decide when emergency help is needed. This page cannot check your symptoms or tell you that it is safe to wait. If symptoms are severe, sudden, or getting worse quickly, seek urgent medical help. A routine appointment request is not an emergency service, and a message may not be read right away.

For a life-threatening emergency, call 911. Do not drive yourself if you feel faint, confused, or unable to travel safely. If possible, have someone stay with you while help arrives. Bring your medicine list and allergy information if they are easy to reach, but do not delay emergency care to collect records.

Sources

• Insomnia — MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine)
• Insomnia — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
• Sleep Apnea — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
• Insomnia — American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Fatigue — MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine)
• Long COVID — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
• The A1C Test & Diabetes — NIDDK (NIH)