PVCs and colds/flu

[katiecolin]

Does anyone else feel more PVCs when they are coming down with a virus like a cold or the flu?  Any reason why this would happen?

[Ihatepalps2]

same with me...fever really makes them increase---I also dread the cold/flu season, for palpitation reasons alone!

[SillyHeart]

Fever causes an increase in palps for me, but a regular cold doesn't.

[dolfnlvr]

My latest episode began when I had a stomach bug.  Ran into bout's of NSVT right before I got sick.  I passed it off at first as being part of the "process" of being sick.  Then I suffered a month of all kinds of wierd rhythms.  Ended up going back to the doc...AGAIN, because they were so persistant.  Wound up back on beta blockers, which I had not taken for over a year prior.  

So, yes...viruses definately kick it up a notch.

[deedle1976]

Yes definitely. I'm only getting a few per day since starting a beta blocker but I had a cold last month and for that week they were back in the hundreds per day again.

[Artaud]

I have often experienced an increase in PVCs when I am initially coming down with a cold or infection. My wife says she does as well. Fortunately, if I am otherwise not symptomatic, it's only for a day or so that I have the PVCs.

Why, I don't know. I dread the times when I am already symptomatic and I am around people with serious colds.

May the Rhythm be with you.