I get these skipped beats only after eating. My doc diagnosed me with acid reflux. I wore a holter monitor and the saw PVC's on the tape. These are not harmful according to the doc. The acid reflux seems to stimulate my vagal nerve after I eat. If I bend over to put my shoes on, this pushes my stomach up and causes PVC's. If I walk after I eat, they start up from the 'josling'. If I stop walking, they immediately stop....weird. I am controlling them by sitting still for an hour after eating. That seems to work.
Hi,
I have very similar events to you. I have been having benign ectopics for 16 years and currently take sotalol morning and evening to control the misbeats. I have found from time to time that they come on in the middle of a meal and afterwards, especially hot food, chinese food, larger meals. They then stay for several hours and scare me to death. I also get them when I lie down to sleep, sit down to rest and perversely sometimes when I walk around, bend forwards or try to do any activity. These usually settle when I sit. I am waiting for further investigations, but up to now all the medics don't seem to know what causes these. It's only after reading lots of heart forums that I realise so many people have just the same symptoms as us. Mine last maybe a week then settle, then I am reasonably peaceful for a couple of weeks then they kick off again. They have never been captured on ECG and they are thinking of using a REVEAL device to try and capture them. Please don't worry, nothing has happened to me yet although I am terrified, apparently the vagus nerve runs behind the stomach and a full stomach and hot food will trigger the heart to misbeat. Kind regards. Julie.