I can see my heart beat on my stomach...?

[MadCat]

Hi, in the last 4 months I have noticed something weird going on. Most of the day I don't wear a shirt on my body because it's too hot.

Anyway what my problems is I can see my heart beat on my stomach. My stomach moves to the beats of my heart. What I mean is it moves in and out and just my looking at it I can see when my heart beats, and when it stops. I just have to place my hand on my stomach and I can heart my heart perfectly. Is this normal? Do I have some kind of illness that I don't know about? I haven't seeked any medical help because I am worried of getting laughed at if it's indeed common.

[karie]

What about a correlation between the heart and stomach ? I have alot more pvc's when I eat, And I don't use caffeine and other stimulants ever.
Thoughts ?

[daddybear]

There was a Guy posting under the name of Mr Stomach on this forum a while ago about the PVC/Gastric connection. He had obviously done a lot of research and what he had to say made a lot of sense. I too suffer with PVC's worsened by overeating or stomach Gas. See if you can find any of his posts in the archive.

[peacjt]

I am male, 40 yrs. old, 190 lbs. and 6' 3".  I excercise and am in good shape.  99% of my pvc's are followed by burps.  It sounds crazy but that is the truth.  If I get gas that I have a hard time getting up, my pvc's are numerous.  I can be laying down and get a lot of pvc's and then I can sit up and burp and then lay back down again and the pvc's go away.  In June I overate a very large meal and ended up with extreme gas and acid indegestion.  I went to bed that night and woke up the next morning with multiple pvc's.   Ended up going to the E.R. and wore a holter for 24hrs.  The results were multiple "safe" pvc's.  The Dr. said it was okay.  This went on for about a week and then they slowly went away (took about 3 months).  Have some days where I have a few and others (only when I get gas) that I get multiple pvc's.  I am on verapamil 240 SR and 25mg. lopressor.  The verapamil was given for diagnosed mvp from an ultrasound 15 years ago but the last echo 6 months ago said it was "normal".  Have tachycardia ocasionally at 200bpm. The lopressor was given to me in June to help the pvc's.   Seemed to help. Always feel my pulse and can take my pulse by just looking at a clock.  It usually beats hard.  My stomach pulsates with each beat.   Pulse rate at 60 bpm at rest.  The best control that I have to reduce the pvc's is to eat right and take Rolaids, etc. at the first sign of gas.  Sounds weird but its the truth.  The gas will throw the pulse into a weird beat, but a good old burp and presto! They go away!  HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS???????

[daddybear]

You've descibed exactly what happens to me. My PVC's also worsen if I get a stomach bug. I too have been to ER on two occasions with the PVC's and once the gas problem subsided so did the PVC's. There has to be a connection. As Im said previously, there have been numerous posts on this subject, too many for it to be a coincidence. Anyone know of any research been done in this area?

[natural]

I get these too. I wake up with terrible stomach gas and rapid heart beat. I have to drink  water, take gas tables and burp until the gas is gone. Once its gone my heart reat returns to normal. Doctor thinks it panix and I am on paxil and xanax which helps but still get it some.

[gopaddling]

Interesting. If I eat a large meal (maybe a little too much,) I will experience increased PVCs.