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Cold weather and PVCs
Has being out in cold weather ever set your PVCs off? Last night I was in a very cold building for about 2.5 hours and started to get a %&*$load of PVCs. I didn't have runs but they were just hard and frequent. It took about 5-6 hours to stop, once I got warmed up.
So what would explain that?
L
So what would explain that?
L
Use salt with Iodine!!!!!! Some, sea salts have them too. We don't get enough Iodine in our diets. Our soils have been overproduced, therefore depleting soil, and teh bread and dairy industries don't use Iodine anymore, since the 70's. In teh 70's one piece of bread had 150 mcg's in it, and we all ate a ton of bread back then. Today the RDA is 150 mcg, but for no good reason. And since teh 70's a few diseases that are near epidemic, breast cancer, FBD, PCOS, thyroid issues, anxiety, benign heart problems, prostate cancer, and autism. Huh? If you want to read a fascinating article I will paste it below?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller20.html
They are just finding out that the body, not just the thyroid, needs Iodine! So, use Iodized salt only for your kids' sake too! we don't want them to grow up with any thyroid problems!!!!!!!!!!!! And salt is how we get 70% of our Iodine intake. I have been using Kosher salt for 15 years, because I am a cook...wish I would have known all of this before!!!!!!!!
but WARNING!!!!!!!!!!! Do not go out and start eating a lot of iodine now, because since you might be alittle out of whack, you have to be extra careful to get teh right amount!!! Otherwise you could send your system staright through the roof!!! I have been seeing a few people giving themselves "hyperthyroidism" when they didn't have it before, because of being overzealous! So, just switch your salts, and too, you can order a test from Dr Flechas, to find out if you are Iodine deficient at www.helpmythyroid.com. Check that first!!!!!!!!!! to see if you even are deficient before you do anything else! But again I am warning you, if you are deficient have Doctors supervision!!!!
Take care you & keep me posted!!!
abl
http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller20.html
They are just finding out that the body, not just the thyroid, needs Iodine! So, use Iodized salt only for your kids' sake too! we don't want them to grow up with any thyroid problems!!!!!!!!!!!! And salt is how we get 70% of our Iodine intake. I have been using Kosher salt for 15 years, because I am a cook...wish I would have known all of this before!!!!!!!!
but WARNING!!!!!!!!!!! Do not go out and start eating a lot of iodine now, because since you might be alittle out of whack, you have to be extra careful to get teh right amount!!! Otherwise you could send your system staright through the roof!!! I have been seeing a few people giving themselves "hyperthyroidism" when they didn't have it before, because of being overzealous! So, just switch your salts, and too, you can order a test from Dr Flechas, to find out if you are Iodine deficient at www.helpmythyroid.com. Check that first!!!!!!!!!! to see if you even are deficient before you do anything else! But again I am warning you, if you are deficient have Doctors supervision!!!!
Take care you & keep me posted!!!
abl
You're my girl!! Thanks so much for responding. You are on target, I do believe there are natural ways to heal our bodies. Doctors are too quick to prescribe meds. There is so much wrong with the health care in this country, we'd need another forum to discuss it all. It should be about prevention and natural healing (for most ailments)through nutrition and vitamin supplementation, instead it's about what drug can be prescribed. I went to my current GP (not much longer) years ago for IBS with constipation and all he wanted to do was prescribe a pain med. Duh, they make const. worse!! Anyway, I had dealt with this problem since childhood and through nutrition and exercise "cured" myself.
So, I'm with you. I searched for a CAM in my area and there are none. You'd think with all the docs in my city there would be one. But we live in a red-neck state so there just aren't any. I will do as you suggest tho, as soon as I find a better doc.
And don't let those thyroid women get to you. I think you're iodine theory is relevant. I'm wondering if I'm getting enough since we switched to Sea Salt without iodine added. There's a lot more to consider when you're vegan and a health nut. I know we are eating well, but is there anything we might me missing? I am always trying to stay on top of it all.
I also think there is a reason we are having irregular heartbeats. It can't be all "normal."
Thanks again.
L
So, I'm with you. I searched for a CAM in my area and there are none. You'd think with all the docs in my city there would be one. But we live in a red-neck state so there just aren't any. I will do as you suggest tho, as soon as I find a better doc.
And don't let those thyroid women get to you. I think you're iodine theory is relevant. I'm wondering if I'm getting enough since we switched to Sea Salt without iodine added. There's a lot more to consider when you're vegan and a health nut. I know we are eating well, but is there anything we might me missing? I am always trying to stay on top of it all.
I also think there is a reason we are having irregular heartbeats. It can't be all "normal."
Thanks again.
L
Hi you!
First and foremost, great news about the heart. So, believe them when they say, your heart is in great shape!!!!! It is, and that is Excellent news!!!!!! Basically what they are telling you is that these "disturbances" are not coming from your heart, or arteries, and that's all they know how to fix. Now then, what I have found, is a general sense of cardiologists patting themselves on the back, with this whole "normal" blood work check. the Doctor checked all of the standard things, and you checked out fine, so they have no problem saying you are fine, go on with your life and learn to deal with this odd heartbeat thing.
Your TSH is on the high side (which the scale you first referred too, is now under scrutiny that it is too wide, and therefore causing too many women to start treating their thyroid too late) So, when you go see your new Doc, insist that your neck be palpitated to see if they can feel any slight change ( by the way your ob/gyn should be palpitating your neck area yearly), insist that you have a complete thyroid blood work up, and lie if you have to, saying you have a family history of it and so it is of particular interest to you that hyper/hypo thyroid be ruled out completely! I hope you don't have to take it that far, but it is your health/life, and therefore up to you!!!! With the magnesium, and intracellular magnesium, Doctors don't ever check it. Mine is, because she is a family practice Doctor that is also a CAM practitioner. So she believes and practices complementary alternative medicine (CAM). She believes there is a reason for everything, including heart palps. Western medicine focuses soley on diagnosing the problem, and trying to fix that, instead of fixing the root of the problem early enough. I only wish more Doctors would practice preventative medicine!!! Do our @#$%ing blood work and find out what we are deficient in, for God's sake. You'll just have to ask for the tests you want, and then be bold when they say there is no reason. But first, I urge you to try to find a CAM doctor. Mine was listed on the Dr Weil website, in addition to some other articles. I found her by googling every whcih way I could. But start with googling your city and state and CAM practitioner. or check out Dr Weil's website. For one of the Doc's in your area. Because too, should your thyroid be found to be a little out of whack, you want a doctor that will try everything to fix it with you first, a normal Dr. will just say "Oh yeah, your hyperthyroid, and even though you're still very young, here's a prescription for synthetic hormones for teh rest of your life!" Me, I'd try acupunture, massage, chinese herbs, supplements, anything before I would a prescription drug!!! And, from these few exchanges I'd say you are probably the same way! Also, on teh whole natural cure thing, don't even go near the thyroid forum, these women wear their thyroid issues like a badge of honor, and are over the top about you should always do as you rDoctor says ****, it's kind of scary. You should read my first post about Iodine Deficiency, and the reactions I got, it was pretty ugly! So, you don't want their advice on what to take. They are pretty adamant about artificial all the way!!!
Also, as far as trying to figure out if you are hypo or hyper, what are all of the things that you wish were 100% and aren't. I even found out I had another symptom, that I didn't know was not right. I have really sore boobs for around 8-14 days a month. I didn't know that wasn't normal! I am a 34 B, but when they are sore, they are literally busting out of my bra, because they get that big! (New research shows, that is related to Iodine deficiency, which also would explain me growing a goiter too!)
Anyhow, I really want to help, I hope I am in some way, and I only wish we were neighbors so we could go to my Doctors together! I am here for you! ;0)
Take care & if you have any more questions or thoughts, just let me know!
abl
First and foremost, great news about the heart. So, believe them when they say, your heart is in great shape!!!!! It is, and that is Excellent news!!!!!! Basically what they are telling you is that these "disturbances" are not coming from your heart, or arteries, and that's all they know how to fix. Now then, what I have found, is a general sense of cardiologists patting themselves on the back, with this whole "normal" blood work check. the Doctor checked all of the standard things, and you checked out fine, so they have no problem saying you are fine, go on with your life and learn to deal with this odd heartbeat thing.
Your TSH is on the high side (which the scale you first referred too, is now under scrutiny that it is too wide, and therefore causing too many women to start treating their thyroid too late) So, when you go see your new Doc, insist that your neck be palpitated to see if they can feel any slight change ( by the way your ob/gyn should be palpitating your neck area yearly), insist that you have a complete thyroid blood work up, and lie if you have to, saying you have a family history of it and so it is of particular interest to you that hyper/hypo thyroid be ruled out completely! I hope you don't have to take it that far, but it is your health/life, and therefore up to you!!!! With the magnesium, and intracellular magnesium, Doctors don't ever check it. Mine is, because she is a family practice Doctor that is also a CAM practitioner. So she believes and practices complementary alternative medicine (CAM). She believes there is a reason for everything, including heart palps. Western medicine focuses soley on diagnosing the problem, and trying to fix that, instead of fixing the root of the problem early enough. I only wish more Doctors would practice preventative medicine!!! Do our @#$%ing blood work and find out what we are deficient in, for God's sake. You'll just have to ask for the tests you want, and then be bold when they say there is no reason. But first, I urge you to try to find a CAM doctor. Mine was listed on the Dr Weil website, in addition to some other articles. I found her by googling every whcih way I could. But start with googling your city and state and CAM practitioner. or check out Dr Weil's website. For one of the Doc's in your area. Because too, should your thyroid be found to be a little out of whack, you want a doctor that will try everything to fix it with you first, a normal Dr. will just say "Oh yeah, your hyperthyroid, and even though you're still very young, here's a prescription for synthetic hormones for teh rest of your life!" Me, I'd try acupunture, massage, chinese herbs, supplements, anything before I would a prescription drug!!! And, from these few exchanges I'd say you are probably the same way! Also, on teh whole natural cure thing, don't even go near the thyroid forum, these women wear their thyroid issues like a badge of honor, and are over the top about you should always do as you rDoctor says ****, it's kind of scary. You should read my first post about Iodine Deficiency, and the reactions I got, it was pretty ugly! So, you don't want their advice on what to take. They are pretty adamant about artificial all the way!!!
Also, as far as trying to figure out if you are hypo or hyper, what are all of the things that you wish were 100% and aren't. I even found out I had another symptom, that I didn't know was not right. I have really sore boobs for around 8-14 days a month. I didn't know that wasn't normal! I am a 34 B, but when they are sore, they are literally busting out of my bra, because they get that big! (New research shows, that is related to Iodine deficiency, which also would explain me growing a goiter too!)
Anyhow, I really want to help, I hope I am in some way, and I only wish we were neighbors so we could go to my Doctors together! I am here for you! ;0)
Take care & if you have any more questions or thoughts, just let me know!
abl
Okay, I got a copy of my Holter and blood work from my doc today now I need your interpretation since his was "all is normal." 48 hr Holter showed 467 Ventricular Ectopy and 19 Supraventricular Ectopy with 1 Couplet which equated to less than 1% of all heartbeats. I had a low rate of 45 and a high of 129. They said I had "no heart block or excessive slowing noted."
Now the good part. My blood work was all in the "normal" range. Calcium, sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2 and glucose were all good, however they did NOT check my Mag level. So what's up there? And they only checked TSH which was 4.99 also in the range of .5 to 5, but I have read on the internet that this range is too wide. it should be .3 to 3. So that would make me hypo not hyper. So I need your opinion.
I'll be seeking a new doctor and more thorough blood
work.
Need your feedback.
L
Now the good part. My blood work was all in the "normal" range. Calcium, sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2 and glucose were all good, however they did NOT check my Mag level. So what's up there? And they only checked TSH which was 4.99 also in the range of .5 to 5, but I have read on the internet that this range is too wide. it should be .3 to 3. So that would make me hypo not hyper. So I need your opinion.
I'll be seeking a new doctor and more thorough blood
work.
Need your feedback.
L
ya know you could keep your GP, but take the list of things I was tested for with, and see if they will test you on those. My Doctor is also a CAM practitioner, the same as Oprah's Doctor Dr. OZ. So, if your GP won't do it, look for a GP who will. That took a lot of time and tears for me, but I am thrilled to death for having found her!!!
take care & I too will keep you posted!
abl
take care & I too will keep you posted!
abl
You have offered some great advice and I'm going to follow it. I first need to get my previous blood work and holter results my GP and find me a new one or do you think I should just go straight to a cardio? Like you, I do think it's a defiency of some kind. I've never been very good at taking my vitamins and then when I started, I thought it was maybe causing my pvcs. I am trying a new Calc/Mag supplement and gradually increasing the dose until I get to the recommended just to see how my heart reacts. Obviously other things could be causing them too.
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. I do believe you are on to something. I will let you know what I find out as I find it out.
L
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. I do believe you are on to something. I will let you know what I find out as I find it out.
L
Climate change will do it, wheather change(high pressur/low pressure, damp basements, drafts will all have an effect on me, but, not always.
Hi you, I'm back...;0)
I just read "cold stress" can deplete magnesium, and of course magnesium deficiency can cause heart palp's etc...
So, why don't you just get a complete blood work up done with ALL of your thyroid work, and include in your blood work, intracellular magnesium, magnesium, candida, mercury, and, calcium. And I only say that because, I know you are vegetarian, and take supplements, and you do so many of teh right things for your body, that it just seems like something is only a little off with you right now, like me, and we are hyper aware of any slight difference in our own body functioning. I am waiting for all of those results to come back myself...
So, take me for instance in working with my wonderful new Doc. I literally have only two things wrong "symptom" wise with me 1. heart palp's and 2. loss of libido. We have also been made aware that I have a multi-nodular thyroid, only found through thyroid palpitation and ultrasound. So, if you read symptoms of hyper/hypo thyroid stuff, loss of libido is hypo, heart palp's is hyper. So, here is teh theory for me, the nodular thyroid could be causing thyroid to under produce, hypo, therefore causing loss of libido. However, because thyroid is a little whacky, it could be effecting teh small amount of magnesium I get in my diet, and that mag deficiency could be causing the heart palp's.
So, my solution is to shrink multi nodules with supplements, get thyroid back on track, and increase mag intake with a good cal/mag supplement. That way I won't ever have to take synthetic hormones for thyroid, and deal with all of that ****, and a beta blocker on teh side for heart palp's as my old doc suggested! Early detection, is definitely early cure for any kind of thyroid issue too!!!!!!!! the only problem is, if you don't fit into teh typical thyroid profile (which by teh way those symptoms are usually when things are beyond repair!!!!) then they don't check it thoroughly. So, i would love to see Doc's put more of a preventative spin on their doctoring.
Anyhow, I hope I have ehlped in some way!!!
take care & if you are sick of me, as you are entitled, just post "everyone but abl answer please! ;0) and I promise to not be offended.
Take care!
abl
I just read "cold stress" can deplete magnesium, and of course magnesium deficiency can cause heart palp's etc...
So, why don't you just get a complete blood work up done with ALL of your thyroid work, and include in your blood work, intracellular magnesium, magnesium, candida, mercury, and, calcium. And I only say that because, I know you are vegetarian, and take supplements, and you do so many of teh right things for your body, that it just seems like something is only a little off with you right now, like me, and we are hyper aware of any slight difference in our own body functioning. I am waiting for all of those results to come back myself...
So, take me for instance in working with my wonderful new Doc. I literally have only two things wrong "symptom" wise with me 1. heart palp's and 2. loss of libido. We have also been made aware that I have a multi-nodular thyroid, only found through thyroid palpitation and ultrasound. So, if you read symptoms of hyper/hypo thyroid stuff, loss of libido is hypo, heart palp's is hyper. So, here is teh theory for me, the nodular thyroid could be causing thyroid to under produce, hypo, therefore causing loss of libido. However, because thyroid is a little whacky, it could be effecting teh small amount of magnesium I get in my diet, and that mag deficiency could be causing the heart palp's.
So, my solution is to shrink multi nodules with supplements, get thyroid back on track, and increase mag intake with a good cal/mag supplement. That way I won't ever have to take synthetic hormones for thyroid, and deal with all of that ****, and a beta blocker on teh side for heart palp's as my old doc suggested! Early detection, is definitely early cure for any kind of thyroid issue too!!!!!!!! the only problem is, if you don't fit into teh typical thyroid profile (which by teh way those symptoms are usually when things are beyond repair!!!!) then they don't check it thoroughly. So, i would love to see Doc's put more of a preventative spin on their doctoring.
Anyhow, I hope I have ehlped in some way!!!
take care & if you are sick of me, as you are entitled, just post "everyone but abl answer please! ;0) and I promise to not be offended.
Take care!
abl
Yes it happens to me all the time- normal for me. I think what happens your heart is very sensitive to changes in temperature which causes your heart beat to elevate when one is cold- a natural reaction. Then what happens you get irritation and then it starts... I often get a run or two in extreme hot and cold. Living in Toronto, Canada doesn't help during the winters either....
Take care and don't freak out when it happens although its very very hard not to panic.
Take care and don't freak out when it happens although its very very hard not to panic.
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