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After eating belch and sometimes lightheaded and tachycardic. Had heart workup and everything was fine and negative.
hi, i was browsing and so yr post and it so hit home!!!
i too, have reflux and mild oesophagitis/gastritis.
sometimes if i eat something i too get mild tachy episodes that pass after a while i,e after i have digested them. why? other than that my heart seems normal.
i too, have reflux and mild oesophagitis/gastritis.
sometimes if i eat something i too get mild tachy episodes that pass after a while i,e after i have digested them. why? other than that my heart seems normal.
Yes, this can happen from time to time. I've had fast heart rate, but nothing like tachycardia. I know what tach is, because I have relatives with that. So, it's nothing to mess around with.
This is happening to you regularly from eating? I suspect that you have food sensitivities and even food allergies.
First, since you are getting tachycardia, as odd as it sounds, since this is happening with eating, ask your PCP to refer you to an allergist. Get an extensive work up for every food item you typically eat and push for the allergist to test for all the food items they typically test for. But, focus on the things you typically eat.
Normally, I would say to do an elimination diet first in order to figure out which foods you are sensitive to, but some of this sounds like possibly being "true" allergies rather than food sensitivities. You will want to do the food elimination diet, too, in order to find the food sensitivities, which are like hidden food allergies. These are the foods you react to but you don't get anaphylaxis with like you would get with "true" allergies under the strictest definition, which is what an allergist tests for.
Have the allergist test for food preservatives, because if you're eating a lot of processed foods, as this is what is common with the modern diet, you want to see if you are reacting to the preservatives (sulfites). Sulfites can cause GERD flare-ups and they can cause tachycardia. I know someone else who has both issues, so this is not unheard of with me.
If by tachycardia, you mean slightly fast, like 90 beats per minute at resting heart rate, you probably are more like me and you have food sensitivities. This is slightly fast but not really tachycardia in its truest sense. It is too fast, but typical tachycardia is usually a minimum of 200 beats per minute, much like the heart rate of a little humming bird. In this case, the food elimination diet is the way to go in order to play food detective and find the things you react to. The best way to do this is through the guidance of a naturopath. There are naturopaths who will work on a sliding fee schedule. The next best thing is a nutritionist. Both can help guide through the elimination diet. I had to be on the elimination diet for six weeks versus the typical two weeks before starting the challenge phase of the diet because of how sick I was in the beginning.
One other thing, get your blood work done to test your nutrition panel: CBC with differentials, CMP and TSH. Make sure they test your vitamin D. Your vitamin D levels actually do play a significant role in how severe your GERD is. It is the key element to your immune system on all levels, too. You may find out you are low, which is not all that unusual in this country. If you are above 20, but still only around 30, aim for a minimum of 50. If you are closer to 30 with your vitamin D levels, you won't be given the prescription megadose of vitamin D2. You will have to take vitamin D3, which is the natural form of vitamin D that our body can synthesize better than the synthetic vitamin D2. The D2 is used initially for severely deficient patients, like I was at one time. It nearly killed me, too. The RDA for vitamin D is still significantly too low. Minimum healthy intake for vitamin D3 for folks with a healthy vitamin D level is actually still about 5,000 iu. You can use this as a guideline for how much you take if you need to increase your blood serum level of vitamin D. You can find more info on Mercola's website and/or The Vitamin D Council's website, such as guidelines of how much you should take. I have learned through this that magnesium is critical for how your body uses the vitamin D, so be sure to at least take the RDA level of magnesium. Remember, too, that the RDA for magnesium is rather low, too. Most of us are low with our magnesium levels, too. Still, no not take more than 1,000 mg of magnesium without direction from a doctor. I believe you can take 1,500 mg, but 1,000 mg would be safest until a doctor says otherwise. Some can barely take 400 mg. You will know if you're taking too much for you, though, because too much will give you diarhea.
Now you know why I suggested the naturopath to guide you through this anyway.
This is happening to you regularly from eating? I suspect that you have food sensitivities and even food allergies.
First, since you are getting tachycardia, as odd as it sounds, since this is happening with eating, ask your PCP to refer you to an allergist. Get an extensive work up for every food item you typically eat and push for the allergist to test for all the food items they typically test for. But, focus on the things you typically eat.
Normally, I would say to do an elimination diet first in order to figure out which foods you are sensitive to, but some of this sounds like possibly being "true" allergies rather than food sensitivities. You will want to do the food elimination diet, too, in order to find the food sensitivities, which are like hidden food allergies. These are the foods you react to but you don't get anaphylaxis with like you would get with "true" allergies under the strictest definition, which is what an allergist tests for.
Have the allergist test for food preservatives, because if you're eating a lot of processed foods, as this is what is common with the modern diet, you want to see if you are reacting to the preservatives (sulfites). Sulfites can cause GERD flare-ups and they can cause tachycardia. I know someone else who has both issues, so this is not unheard of with me.
If by tachycardia, you mean slightly fast, like 90 beats per minute at resting heart rate, you probably are more like me and you have food sensitivities. This is slightly fast but not really tachycardia in its truest sense. It is too fast, but typical tachycardia is usually a minimum of 200 beats per minute, much like the heart rate of a little humming bird. In this case, the food elimination diet is the way to go in order to play food detective and find the things you react to. The best way to do this is through the guidance of a naturopath. There are naturopaths who will work on a sliding fee schedule. The next best thing is a nutritionist. Both can help guide through the elimination diet. I had to be on the elimination diet for six weeks versus the typical two weeks before starting the challenge phase of the diet because of how sick I was in the beginning.
One other thing, get your blood work done to test your nutrition panel: CBC with differentials, CMP and TSH. Make sure they test your vitamin D. Your vitamin D levels actually do play a significant role in how severe your GERD is. It is the key element to your immune system on all levels, too. You may find out you are low, which is not all that unusual in this country. If you are above 20, but still only around 30, aim for a minimum of 50. If you are closer to 30 with your vitamin D levels, you won't be given the prescription megadose of vitamin D2. You will have to take vitamin D3, which is the natural form of vitamin D that our body can synthesize better than the synthetic vitamin D2. The D2 is used initially for severely deficient patients, like I was at one time. It nearly killed me, too. The RDA for vitamin D is still significantly too low. Minimum healthy intake for vitamin D3 for folks with a healthy vitamin D level is actually still about 5,000 iu. You can use this as a guideline for how much you take if you need to increase your blood serum level of vitamin D. You can find more info on Mercola's website and/or The Vitamin D Council's website, such as guidelines of how much you should take. I have learned through this that magnesium is critical for how your body uses the vitamin D, so be sure to at least take the RDA level of magnesium. Remember, too, that the RDA for magnesium is rather low, too. Most of us are low with our magnesium levels, too. Still, no not take more than 1,000 mg of magnesium without direction from a doctor. I believe you can take 1,500 mg, but 1,000 mg would be safest until a doctor says otherwise. Some can barely take 400 mg. You will know if you're taking too much for you, though, because too much will give you diarhea.
Now you know why I suggested the naturopath to guide you through this anyway.
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