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PVCs back but this time i know why....
Hope everyone is well :)
A quick question:
Why is it whenever i become careless with my diet and get indigestion/acid etc my pvcs come back?
I have months and months with no pvcs but as soon as my tummy gets upset the pvcs come back?? Does anyone else get this??
A quick question:
Why is it whenever i become careless with my diet and get indigestion/acid etc my pvcs come back?
I have months and months with no pvcs but as soon as my tummy gets upset the pvcs come back?? Does anyone else get this??
Great post Marya, I agree totally. I just ate a rather big meal, and I think my hiatal hernia would like to play a game of "jump" with my heart, I am trying to stay relaxed though and not get too upset.
I have not found one doctor that will really come right out and say my PAC's are related to tummy problems, it infuriates me, the only one that comes close is my chiropractor. Just the same, I keep telling the docs it IS related and they keep looking at me and saying they don't really know. UGH, grrrrrrrr.
I have not found one doctor that will really come right out and say my PAC's are related to tummy problems, it infuriates me, the only one that comes close is my chiropractor. Just the same, I keep telling the docs it IS related and they keep looking at me and saying they don't really know. UGH, grrrrrrrr.
Just had a bad episode last night after eating the wrong foods and a slightly stressful work day.
Doctors do not have all the answers. In fact, rather than speculate a connection, they will tell you (if they have not learned it) there is no connection. Also, it seems that there is a problem with specialists talking to each other as the cardiologist does not understand the specialty of gastroenterology. In fact, once I was admitted to the hospital for severe abdominal pain. I had two things going on in my lower stomach, one involved the large intestine the other my uterus (as I had been bleeding for 8 weeks). I had to laugh when the gastroenterologist visited me at bed-side and suggested I return as an outpatient for a gastroscopy. She suspected bleeding in my stomach just because I was severely anemic. At that point I became angry and bluntly asked her if she had confirmed with my gyne that I had been bleeding for 8 weeks. She said NO and sheepishly left the room. End of story, I was diagnosed with a uterine polp and large fibroid. A DNC and later a hysterectomy corrected for this.
Case in point: The medical profession is so specialized they are incapable of finding the source of the problem beyond their field of knowledge. Ego plays a big factor as well as they will not admit "they do not have an answer". They will stick with what they learned in medical school rather than risk a speculation that could lead to malpractice.
If doctors new everything, they would not have prescribed drugs like Viox and others, procedures to cure mental illness ....like labotomy's only to find out later that these things were in fact harmful to the human body.
There are very few good diagnosticians today. Most doctors get paid for reading lab reports and are too busy to connect the dots. Few are willing to "think outside of the box."
It is good to have this forum. True sufferers of PVC's understand the triggers of stress and food. It seems to make sense to me if the hiatal sphincter is protruding through the diaphram into the chest cavity, the pressure of over-eating or eating spicy foods that irritate the stomach lining will cause more vagal nerve activity. The word vagal translation is "wandering" as in wandering nerve. It is the largest nerve with branches throughout the body that regulates all the autonomic processes like breathing, heartrate, digestion and so on. Ever scratch a dogs neck and have his back leg start a thumpin? Dogs and human nervous systems are interconnected in ways that science does not thoroughly understand. Perhaps this is why acu-puncture works for many.
There are a few great doctors out there who are capable of "thinking outside of the box" and making the connections by the treating the body as a whole. Thank God for them.
It is hard for me to understand why someone hasn't come up with a combo pill that would address this issue by reducing stomach acid and a little somethin to address the vagal response at the same time. It has the potential to be a nice money-maker as there are many that have been reporting this and also far more suffers that are unreported.
Marya Taylor
Doctors do not have all the answers. In fact, rather than speculate a connection, they will tell you (if they have not learned it) there is no connection. Also, it seems that there is a problem with specialists talking to each other as the cardiologist does not understand the specialty of gastroenterology. In fact, once I was admitted to the hospital for severe abdominal pain. I had two things going on in my lower stomach, one involved the large intestine the other my uterus (as I had been bleeding for 8 weeks). I had to laugh when the gastroenterologist visited me at bed-side and suggested I return as an outpatient for a gastroscopy. She suspected bleeding in my stomach just because I was severely anemic. At that point I became angry and bluntly asked her if she had confirmed with my gyne that I had been bleeding for 8 weeks. She said NO and sheepishly left the room. End of story, I was diagnosed with a uterine polp and large fibroid. A DNC and later a hysterectomy corrected for this.
Case in point: The medical profession is so specialized they are incapable of finding the source of the problem beyond their field of knowledge. Ego plays a big factor as well as they will not admit "they do not have an answer". They will stick with what they learned in medical school rather than risk a speculation that could lead to malpractice.
If doctors new everything, they would not have prescribed drugs like Viox and others, procedures to cure mental illness ....like labotomy's only to find out later that these things were in fact harmful to the human body.
There are very few good diagnosticians today. Most doctors get paid for reading lab reports and are too busy to connect the dots. Few are willing to "think outside of the box."
It is good to have this forum. True sufferers of PVC's understand the triggers of stress and food. It seems to make sense to me if the hiatal sphincter is protruding through the diaphram into the chest cavity, the pressure of over-eating or eating spicy foods that irritate the stomach lining will cause more vagal nerve activity. The word vagal translation is "wandering" as in wandering nerve. It is the largest nerve with branches throughout the body that regulates all the autonomic processes like breathing, heartrate, digestion and so on. Ever scratch a dogs neck and have his back leg start a thumpin? Dogs and human nervous systems are interconnected in ways that science does not thoroughly understand. Perhaps this is why acu-puncture works for many.
There are a few great doctors out there who are capable of "thinking outside of the box" and making the connections by the treating the body as a whole. Thank God for them.
It is hard for me to understand why someone hasn't come up with a combo pill that would address this issue by reducing stomach acid and a little somethin to address the vagal response at the same time. It has the potential to be a nice money-maker as there are many that have been reporting this and also far more suffers that are unreported.
Marya Taylor
Hmm, interesting. I wonder if this is what's going on with me? I noticed my PVC's are back and had wondered why. The interesting thing is they first came on, or when I first noticed them, about a year and a half ago. A few months later I was doubled over in pain and went to the ER. Came to discover I had a blockage in my small intestine. I had the surgery and the PVC's seemed to disappear. I haven't had the PVC's now for a year but all of a sudden, the last few weeks, I'm getting them constantly again. I'm wondering why? I'm wondering if this could have anything to do with my digestive issues. I was diagnosed with Crohns after they biopsied the mass they removed. Interesting thought.
I know stress, lack of sleep and caffeine can make them worse but I didn't think anything changed that significantly lately.
I wonder if I should see the doctor again or not? I'm wondering if I could have a flare up again. Hmm.
I know stress, lack of sleep and caffeine can make them worse but I didn't think anything changed that significantly lately.
I wonder if I should see the doctor again or not? I'm wondering if I could have a flare up again. Hmm.
only just read this but find it interesting. When i ended up in hospital with a suspected heart attack all those years ago they kept me in for a week and ran loads of tests but found nothing wrong.
when i was discharged and asking 'what happened' one doctor told me that in his opinion my incident was caused by alcohol irritating my stomach which affected the vagus nerve and mimicked the symptoms , for me, of an heart attack.
Since then i have proved many times that alcohol does do this to me and when i have an upset stomach I will also have PVC's. Too much alcohol will also cause me to have a prolonged SVT incident.
So i do not have any medical knowledge but i have spent years watching my bodies reactions and know that for me there is a 100% connection.
dave
when i was discharged and asking 'what happened' one doctor told me that in his opinion my incident was caused by alcohol irritating my stomach which affected the vagus nerve and mimicked the symptoms , for me, of an heart attack.
Since then i have proved many times that alcohol does do this to me and when i have an upset stomach I will also have PVC's. Too much alcohol will also cause me to have a prolonged SVT incident.
So i do not have any medical knowledge but i have spent years watching my bodies reactions and know that for me there is a 100% connection.
dave
nikgirl
I find that hormones cause my stomach problems too. Around ovulation my tummy gets very bloated and thats when i get a lot of acid and gas which can trigger the pvcs and sometimes the svt!
I find that hormones cause my stomach problems too. Around ovulation my tummy gets very bloated and thats when i get a lot of acid and gas which can trigger the pvcs and sometimes the svt!
Your are right! Everyone has different symptoms and triggers, and the stomach for me is one as well, Eat a large meal or something greasy and heavy and my heart will skip for hours, but very small meals with chicken and fish make my heart and my body feel so much better and helps my mind think Iam doing the right thing for it so my overall health feels better. Everyone needs to find out what works for them bc PVC's are not going away but we dont have to let them rule our lives, bc if you let them, they will, I know, they did for years.
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