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I am 35 and three weeks ago I began having PVCs while lifting weights. I run too, but I don't suffer from any irregularities when doing that. It seems that the higher the heart rate the lower the occurance. I had a stress echo a week ago and everything was normal and that's when they diagnosed that I am having PVCs. I was wondering these three things. First, what could cause this situation from happening out of the blue? Second, could it go away just as quickly as it came? Last, is there any other tests that you would recommend to make sure that there is no problem with my heart? Thank you.
I won't pretend that I know a much about pvcs, but for me the most important thing was to just get tested. Now I'm not as hypersensitive about my heartbeat. The mind can play terrible tricks when you don't understand what body is doing. This forum gave me a lot of info on the subject.
I apologize for my role in this incident. Let's get back to the good stuff again.
monicaq,
The fact that your PVCs increase with exercise (I'll assume that you mean during exercise) is neither reassuring nor troubling. It simply indicates that you likely have PVCs that are sympathetically-driven, or, in lay terms, increased by adrenaline.
Your PVC's would be more likely to be present during exercise (high sympathetic time), but less likely at times of rest (high vagal time). This is obviously opposite to the case with cwadb. This is also asuming that cwadb's PVCs are vagally-mediated. Remember, I know very little about him -- I'm assuming it's a him based on the use of sentence structure, but that's gotten me in trouble before ...
Hope that helps.
The fact that your PVCs increase with exercise (I'll assume that you mean during exercise) is neither reassuring nor troubling. It simply indicates that you likely have PVCs that are sympathetically-driven, or, in lay terms, increased by adrenaline.
Your PVC's would be more likely to be present during exercise (high sympathetic time), but less likely at times of rest (high vagal time). This is obviously opposite to the case with cwadb. This is also asuming that cwadb's PVCs are vagally-mediated. Remember, I know very little about him -- I'm assuming it's a him based on the use of sentence structure, but that's gotten me in trouble before ...
Hope that helps.
You have said two things in your responses to the original question from "cwadb" which have piqued my interest. First, why do you say that it is reassuring that the person's PVCs lessen with exercise? Mine increase in frequency with exercise; is that less reassuring, and therefore, more concerning? Secondly, you said that the aerobic exercise may, in fact, be causing the increase in PVCs due to increased vagal tone. Would you be willing to elaborate more on that?
Exercising too much? That's one I didn't think I'd hear. If they're going to be a nuisance then sounds like I just need to deal with it. Glad to know about the magnesium.
Please let me express my sincere regret over having contributed to the palcement of these less-than-pleasant posts. I certainly did not intend to be insulting, and I apologize for any insensitive remarks.
I will ask all posters to please maintain decorum and civility when placing posts. I doubt that either "Alice Raspolich" or "erikwithoutthedoctor" would speak to one another in person in the same manner as they have done so in this forum. If further insulting posts are made, I will have them stricken from the board.
I would also invite cwadb to ask any follow-up questions. I am not aware of any association between glutamine and PVCs. Also, Magnesium oxide may worsen your particular type of PVCs as magnesium may lower your resting heart rate somewhat. From the additional information provided in your follow-up posts, I suspect that you may have vagally-mediated PVCs. Vagally-mediated PVCs are often seen to arise during times of high vagal tone (such as the time period after exercise, after a large meal, or at night). In fact, the aerobic exercise may be leading to increased PVCs -- a fact that I almost hate to tell you.
Best of luck.
I will ask all posters to please maintain decorum and civility when placing posts. I doubt that either "Alice Raspolich" or "erikwithoutthedoctor" would speak to one another in person in the same manner as they have done so in this forum. If further insulting posts are made, I will have them stricken from the board.
I would also invite cwadb to ask any follow-up questions. I am not aware of any association between glutamine and PVCs. Also, Magnesium oxide may worsen your particular type of PVCs as magnesium may lower your resting heart rate somewhat. From the additional information provided in your follow-up posts, I suspect that you may have vagally-mediated PVCs. Vagally-mediated PVCs are often seen to arise during times of high vagal tone (such as the time period after exercise, after a large meal, or at night). In fact, the aerobic exercise may be leading to increased PVCs -- a fact that I almost hate to tell you.
Best of luck.
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