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episodes of missed beats and nervous twitches
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episodes of missed beats and nervous twitches
by tanbark3, Jan 01, 2002 12:00AM
My 38 year old husband has for three weeks been experiencing episodes of missed heartbeats (1-4 times a minute) without any raising or lowering of the heartrate. He can feel it when it starts happening and it might continue for an hour or a few hours. Yesterday he started having nervous twitches in other parts of the body like the eyelid, back of arm, etc., for short durations each. Could these be related? When he goes in to see the doc, the episode probably won't be happening. How will he be evaluated and should he be immediately concerned?
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-M.D.-CRC, Jan 02, 2002 12:00AM
Dear tan,
Most likely he is having PACs or PVCs. You can find many other postings concerning these topics on this site. Briefly these "extra beats" are generally benign and may be heightened by stress, caffeine, alcohol and possibly sugar. The twitches may also be stress related. He should still see his doctor for an evaluation in the near future to make sure there is nothing else going on. His doctor will probably want to check an ECG and do a complete physical exam.
Most likely he is having PACs or PVCs. You can find many other postings concerning these topics on this site. Briefly these "extra beats" are generally benign and may be heightened by stress, caffeine, alcohol and possibly sugar. The twitches may also be stress related. He should still see his doctor for an evaluation in the near future to make sure there is nothing else going on. His doctor will probably want to check an ECG and do a complete physical exam.
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