PVCs and stomach gas/acid reflux/bowel movement!!

[sb786]

Just a quick question.........

I have read many many times about trapped stomach gas and/or acid triggering PVCs and even SVT! I have also read that the vagus nerve can be involved when this happens. I read somewhere that if the vagus nerve is stimulated a PVC can be triggered.

I was wondering if anyone can explain how the vagus nerve may be irritated by gas/acid/indigestion. Also how is it true that the vagus nerve can be stimulated when you have a bowel movement? I have heard people say that they get PVCs when they have bowel movement.
Is there anyone who believes that their PVCs are triggered by gas or acid or even a bowel movement?!!

Thanks

[96Jram]

So how is everyone? No post since 2008. :)  I have the same symptoms of GERD and tachycardia with PVCs. I was put on Prilosec twice a day and that helped my tachy a lot.

[Mikey62]

I have noticed the PVC's  off and on for sometime but really much worse since my job is ending.I use to have rapid heart beats with anxiety but these are different.I think they are tied to my nerves but I notice the give away feeling when I et a PVC over my gallbladder especially when it is full or gassy so I can relate.

[FrancisJPG]

You know. I will go through my experiences with you. I am English (for the record) with private medical insurance. I have been suffering SVT since I put on weight, but never realised the correlation with my acid reflux. I have a camera down throat exploration (oesophegoscopy) and they found gastritus (inflamation of the stomach). Years go by and the stress got worse and worse. I became pretty desperate and didn't know which way to turn. Was my stress causing my acid. Was my acid causing my my stress? Lack of sleep, discomfort, etc.

Well. Here's the deal. I started back on 2 x 40mg nexium (esomaprozole) per day, 1 when I wake up and 1 12 hours later. Bottom line is, my stomach has calmed down, the pressure has gone that was causing my heart to feel like it was going to go into another SVT and I feel transformed. Reality is, if you like I have stomach problems, take the medication and work on your eating and lifestyle. Maybe one day you can come off them, but I learned the hard way that I cannot just 'get better because I am tough and I can cope without the meds'. My SVT was 196bpm and scared the daylights out of me. But it has only started to reoccur because I stopped taking the meds.

[MikkMikk]

Many of you have an uppr GI connection/trigger for your PVCs.  I definately relate...but with me, it's a LOWER GI thing.  A full bowel - and the soon-to-be-required-bowel movement is the scenario that triggers my PVCs.  I offer you all REASSURANCE.  We are connected by a REAL set of circumstances that is yet to be thoroughly "connected" by physician community.  That's OK.  And so are you.  And so am I.  We must mainatin vigilence...we must be certain that our issues are not from a more severe cause.  With each physical & check-up...and with each new day we manage the condition.  Continue to share.  And know that many people battle much more terrible issues.  Learn to embrace the condition as a part of you...being always willing to try reasonable changes in diet/exercise/remedy.  Oh...and may I finally add...that consistent cardio exercise and a diet of low food volume are my keys to managing this "condition".  regards,

[masuul]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roemheld_syndrome

..."old skool" doctors still now about this - the computer gen x docs dismiss it but it oviously exists......take a gastro and see if you have a hernia.....gasX sometimes helps so does nexium but both are no long time solutions. beta blockers als help a bit since they make it harder for the heart to go supersonic speed. most importantly do not panic!! this is not life threatening and fear makes it 10x worse......i have all these symptoms too. came with a myocarditis...inflammation went away after 6 months but pvc's and occasional artrial fibrillation stay with me.......look into low grade inflammation of the digestive system, regular bowel movements are especially important.....good luck!

[Iambusy3]

I'm amazed that the doctors are so cavalier when they dismiss the connection between stomach and PVCs. With so many hundreds of people knowing for sure that there definitely is a connection, I thinks it's foolish for the medical community to not pay attention. Their lack of concern stems from two main facts:

1. They pronounce that the skipped beats are "normal."
2. It's not happening to them; otherwise they wouldn't be able to concentrate on much else.

A few years ago when I spent 12 days in the hospital for removal of half my colon, the heart monitor showed PVCs every six beats just like clockwork. When asked several times if I "had any heart problems" I would point urgently at the heart monitor. Their reaction was a smile or a laugh.

After I awoke from surgery I soon became aware of something; the PVCs were gone, which was good because I had plenty else to worry about. My theory is that the NG tube that was evacuating amazing quantities of stomach fluids was responsible for the cessation of the PVCs. For about three weeks afterward I was free of the PVCs but eventually they returned. I really hesitate to go on some type of acid reducers but I may have to throw in the towel. I also notice that as a last resort fasting for a couple of days seems to knock out the PVCs.