Hello, I am new here. I am a 30 yr old
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Female sexual dysfunction and I have been having pvc's for at least 8 months. Over the past couple months they have been getting more frequent.
Over the past 2 weeks I have been getting them nearly non-stop. Some are even back to back with no beat in between for like 2-3 beats. To make a long story short... I had an
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Exercise stress test in the E.R, an echo and stress test with my new cardiologist and wore a
holterHolter monitor (24h) monitor for 24 hrs.
The
holterHolter monitor (24h) picked up 4,280 beats in those 24 hrs. 896 of those alone happened in ONE HOUR and were at midnight, when I was sleeping.
I get some bad ones that will go, "beat, skip, beat, skip, beat skip, etc... So back to back ones, and so that go beat, beat, skip, beat, beat skip.
The cardiologist picked 9 skipped beats up on the
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Exercise stress test during the stress test. She was not worried. The echo before and after the stress test looked good. She everything looked good and my heart was functioning normally. And to try and "Ignore the PVC's."
I have some questions now...
1. Can PVC's cause me to suddenly drop dead?
2. How can all these constant PVC's be considered
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3. How can I just ignore them when I feel them right in my heart area?
4. Can these shorten my life?
I am really scared. I have 3 children ages 6, 4 and 2 and I want to live a LONG time for them. I am only 30. I have Multiple Sclerosis as well.
Thank you for your time and help.
Steph
It's hard to know if I get more pvc's in the recovery phase (Which I assume you mean, AFTER I exercised on the treadmill during the stress test) since I always have pvc's. I get them when I rest, sleep, watch tv, eat, after exercise, etc....
Sometimes it seems the pvc's get better with exercise though. Maybe because I don't feel them when I am up and moving around, and when I am sitting or laying down my body is still and I feel them easily.
Last Summer, I was playing basketball with my husband and I noticed PVC's after i sat down, but again, I get them all the time. Should I be scared?
Thank you,
Steph
If this applies to you, you should know more scared than if you were a diabetic, hypertensive, smoker, over weight, etc. They are all risk factors and all your risk factors combined contribute to our total risk. The problem with PVCs is that you feel them and it makes them harder to ignore. People with high blood pressure don't worry everyday because the damage being done is silent. Focus on correctable factors like diet, exercise, no smoking, etc.