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cascade stomach and atrial fibrilation
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cascade stomach and atrial fibrilation
by willem, Nov 30, 2001 12:00AM
Hi,
I know atrial fibrilation is a heart condition but i had to choose which forum to post in.
I was diagnosed with a 'cascade stomach' and i also have been diagnosed with Atrial Fibrilation(they thought it was SVT at first).
For me the two seem very much related.
When i go into Afib it is usually while bending over, crouching and other movements involving the diaphragm like laying down on my back and relaxing the diaphragm area very fast.
I know i'm close to an Afib run when my stomach is acting up, symptoms like bloating, lots of gas, a very tight feeling in the upper stomach area,are usually a good indicator that i have to be carefull with how i move if i want to prevent going into
Afib. When in Afib my hearrate can be 240+, it can last for a few minutes to a few hours and they scare my quite a lot.
Otherwise my heart is anatomically healthy and i don't suffer from irregular beats or other symptoms except when in Afib.
Now my doctor didn't explain in detail what a cascade stomach is but when searching for it on the the web i came across this:
The most common cause of cascade stomach. /Sirakov
Other aut.: Stefanov, R., Shipkov, Ch, The analysis of the results showed the leading cause of this condition to be adhesion of the front costal diaphragm sinus.
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My two questions are:
-In my case is it likely the Afib runs are caused by the cascade stomach?
-Is there some way to get cured from a cascade stomach? like an operation
and if so is that major surgery or would it be relatively "simple"?
Many thanks and regards
Willem
I know atrial fibrilation is a heart condition but i had to choose which forum to post in.
I was diagnosed with a 'cascade stomach' and i also have been diagnosed with Atrial Fibrilation(they thought it was SVT at first).
For me the two seem very much related.
When i go into Afib it is usually while bending over, crouching and other movements involving the diaphragm like laying down on my back and relaxing the diaphragm area very fast.
I know i'm close to an Afib run when my stomach is acting up, symptoms like bloating, lots of gas, a very tight feeling in the upper stomach area,are usually a good indicator that i have to be carefull with how i move if i want to prevent going into
Afib. When in Afib my hearrate can be 240+, it can last for a few minutes to a few hours and they scare my quite a lot.
Otherwise my heart is anatomically healthy and i don't suffer from irregular beats or other symptoms except when in Afib.
Now my doctor didn't explain in detail what a cascade stomach is but when searching for it on the the web i came across this:
The most common cause of cascade stomach. /Sirakov
Other aut.: Stefanov, R., Shipkov, Ch, The analysis of the results showed the leading cause of this condition to be adhesion of the front costal diaphragm sinus.
**
My two questions are:
-In my case is it likely the Afib runs are caused by the cascade stomach?
-Is there some way to get cured from a cascade stomach? like an operation
and if so is that major surgery or would it be relatively "simple"?
Many thanks and regards
Willem
For years ( I'm 33 Now ), I have had the same problem you have. When my stomach is full whether food or gas, I can go into tachicardia or as you put it, Fibrilation. It is a very scary thing. Over the years, I have seen many doctors about my heart and it always checks out just fine. I've tried to explain to many many doctors that when I eat, it feels like I get this knot in my stomach and then the acid and one wrong move and the 300 beats per minute start. After years of this, I gradually started to eat less and less out of fear of an "ATTACK". I weighed 160 when it all started. I now weigh 119lbs. I can only eat small portions (very small), so that the tachicardia does not occur. It is very frightening. I started having panic attacks shortly after all this started. I didnt even know what a panic attack was, and unfortunately, neither did my doctor(s).
I had to be put on xanax (a mild sedative), because of the panic attacks caused by the stomach/heart problem. I am not a suicidal type personality, but I can tell you that I would rather just go on that to have to live this way the rest of my life. I can hardly eat anything now. I am having to drink Ensure Plus, and I even regurgitate most of that. Once I feel the pressure in my stomach, I do everything I possibly can to belch or throw up or anything that will relieve the pressure because I know that if I dont relieve it, along will come the tachicardia. I could go on forever, but I wont. I would really like to speak with you on the phone sone time if you dont mind. I am not happy that you suffer, but I am happy to know that I am not alone with this problem. Please let me know how I can reach you, if you don't mind.
God bless you,
michael havard
Thanks,
michael havard
Can I get your email address???
ellie
Can we talk???
ellie
elliegmail-***@****