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Heart PVTs and irregular arrythmias.
I am 22 years old. I was born with what they seem to call WPW. I have an irregualr arrythmia and have seen PVT shown up while im in the middle of an episode. I am told I can live my whole life with what I have. It is genetic and my father and aunt have the same condition. My whole dads side of the family has heart health problems. Mine seemed to get worst when I got pregnant. It has never gotten any better. Some of the episodes have slowed down but I am still getten them. I had one episode when i was 14. Not another one till I was 19. My heart raced at 225 bpm. I was pregnant and nothing they could do. That was when i was diagnosed (by the er). I had another episode and I was shot with addenison. 180 bpm. I had another when yesterday. 215 bpm. and had gotten adminstered cartizem. AMAZING compared to addenison. I need help. How is this normal? How can i live a normal life this way? I know what a PVT is and I seen that show up on my monitor last night and I FEEL when they occur. I thought it was skipped beats. That isnt the case. HELP ME.
I figured it may be PSVT and not PVT =)
jamimm we all know what you mean here; you'll find just about every arrhythmia under the sun here and all of us have different experiences to share and knowledge about them =)
jamimm we all know what you mean here; you'll find just about every arrhythmia under the sun here and all of us have different experiences to share and knowledge about them =)
"How is this normal? How can i live a normal life this way?"
It's not normal, but you can deal with it, and live a normal life.....of get it fixed. I dealt with it for 54 years, and for the last 10 years experienced 3 to 5 episodes per month. I was thought to have WPW, but when they went inside my heart, and mapped the electrical system, it was found that I did not have WPW, but a another form of AVRT tachycardia. So it sounds like you're experiencing skipped beats; probably PVCs? These usually accompany our condition and are most of the time benign. But, they can also be the triggering mechanism for a tachycardia episode.
So you can live an almost perfectly normal life, dealing with the episodes when they occur. I myself would never venture far from a medical facility, although in the 54 years, I never had to go to one. There are ways that you can slow your heart down when an episode occurs. This is what many of us do that have PSVT, and your cardiologist can show you how. There are drugs you can take that will lessen the number of episodes you experience, along with making the conversion to normal rhythm easier. Finally, there is a medical procedure called "catheter ablation" that can eliminate them (hopefully) forever. Very basically, a catheter is inserted into your heart, the problem area is located and the connection that is causing your problem is severed. THere are a bunch of us on the forum that have had this procedure done; me included. I've now nearly 7 weeks without having an episode.
These are things that you need to talk to a specialist about. In the meantime, hang out here and learn more about your condition. Although you may feel that you are the only one who has this problem, you are not alone; that's for sure!
It's not normal, but you can deal with it, and live a normal life.....of get it fixed. I dealt with it for 54 years, and for the last 10 years experienced 3 to 5 episodes per month. I was thought to have WPW, but when they went inside my heart, and mapped the electrical system, it was found that I did not have WPW, but a another form of AVRT tachycardia. So it sounds like you're experiencing skipped beats; probably PVCs? These usually accompany our condition and are most of the time benign. But, they can also be the triggering mechanism for a tachycardia episode.
So you can live an almost perfectly normal life, dealing with the episodes when they occur. I myself would never venture far from a medical facility, although in the 54 years, I never had to go to one. There are ways that you can slow your heart down when an episode occurs. This is what many of us do that have PSVT, and your cardiologist can show you how. There are drugs you can take that will lessen the number of episodes you experience, along with making the conversion to normal rhythm easier. Finally, there is a medical procedure called "catheter ablation" that can eliminate them (hopefully) forever. Very basically, a catheter is inserted into your heart, the problem area is located and the connection that is causing your problem is severed. THere are a bunch of us on the forum that have had this procedure done; me included. I've now nearly 7 weeks without having an episode.
These are things that you need to talk to a specialist about. In the meantime, hang out here and learn more about your condition. Although you may feel that you are the only one who has this problem, you are not alone; that's for sure!
I guess the word is PSVT. PVT refer to polymorphic ventricular tachycardia which I assume not is the case with WPW.
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