PVCS and bowel movement

[ricksaric]

Has anyone experienced a correlation between PVCS events and a need for a bowel movement?

Thanks

[pvcdad2]

I have said for years that my PVC's were associated with gastrointenstinal function. When I eat, within five minutes the PVC's will start. I love spicy foods (jalapeno's and hot giardinara are the best); but eating spicy foods causes PVC's to come-on with a vengeance! ;like every two or three beats. The PVC's will last until stomach empties then it's as if I have the most perfect heart in the world. . . no problems. Then yes, you guessed it, PVC's start again prior to having a bowel movement. I can predict (if this is a necessary gift I don't need it) when I will have to have a BM within minutes. PVC's start, then wham, few minutes later my body says get to the bathroom. I shared this with my cardiologist (I have a cardiologist because of MVP) and all he said was "interesting".

To any doctors reading this, I wouldn't wish these abnormal episodes on anybody, but I wish you all could experience this and then tell me it's in my head!

pvcdad2

[pistolpete]

I have coorelated my PACs and PVCs with bowel movements for years.  They tend to go away or get less frequent after I go.  Just this morning, I was walking in to work and felt that first sensation of having a BM, and it triggered strings of regular then irregular rapid beats for awhile.  Wouldn't go away, so I went to the ER and the doctor said I probably had an SVT event. Scary, but if I would have just gone straight to the bathroom I might not have wound up in the hospital!

[Duchess47]

This is very interesting to me as I have just been diagnosed with  Gastroparesis.  This is a term for slow stomache emptyng.  From what I understand itis casued by an injury of some kind to the vagus nerve.  For the pasr year I have been having heart rate distrubances and recently my blood pressure is sometimes very low.  If I overeat it is a major problem and my heart rate speeds up.  I have not been able to find anything concrete which links heart related issues to gastroparesis.  Although, it is linked to hypothyroid and diabetes.  Thank you.

[tweek]

I think the closest correlation I can think of is the skipped beats I experience scare the ... well ... you know ... out of me.

[VikingColumbus]

You betcha,

  And, periodically, SVT bursts will occur in advance of a BM.

VC

[dmil241]

Yes indeed, I have noticed a correlation for me. :)