Really worried about irregular heart beat

[joeg]

Dear Doctor,

I'm 32, male. Four months ago, I felt sharp chest pains. I was panic for worrying about having a heart problem.

I went to see my doctor, and every test (EKG and X-ray) came out normal. He told me it was anxiety, but he would schedule me
for a stress test.  But I was still worried.  After about 2 weeks, I started to notice having early heart beats, at some time, I had about one early beat after every 5-6 normal beats.  I then went to see a cardiologist.  He also heard the early beats, and scheduled me on a Thallium and Echo tests.  Both tests
came out OK.  The report says there was RARE PVC in stress test as part of the Thallium test.  Though I did see many irregular heart beats on the screen during the Echo test, but the Echo test report didn't mention it. Why? After the tests, the cardiologist told me I should not worry about it, even though sometimes early beats may happen more freuently.  Now, after about 2 months, I have noticed I have more frequent early beats, every day, especially at night. Sometimes, there is an early (sometimes like skipped) heart beat in every 1-2 normal beats and that happens 3-4 times in a row. Whenever I have those early
beats, I would feel fluttering my chest. I am really worried.  

My question is: should I worry about those early beats even the doctors said my heart was normal after the Thellium and Echo tests?  There are times the early heart beats are much more frequent than the time I did those tests, so the tests may not catch everything. Is that possible? Do I need to see the doctor again?

Thanks a lot!

J

[Roys]

Just so you know you're not alone, I've gone through several 5 hour stretches with as many as 5000 PVCs. Like you, they can't find anything wrong but it sure is hard to ignore them. I've had all the tests you listed plus a catheterization. For me, exercise usually reduced them for a while. Hopefully, they will go away. If not have an EP study done.  Good luck!

[arthur]

Take a deep breath.

There's absolutely no connection between a nervous system disorder to cancer.  

We are wise to your use of cut and paste tactics, no doubt plagiarizing commentaries and taking them out of context, just to amaze us inbreds with your profound insight.

Regardless of your over-zealous state, I will continue to plod through the scientific literature and follow-up on your statements re. the potential role of inner ear autonomic tone in cardiac arrhythmias...thus far, the connections seems tenuous (even after checking out the good doctor Yates' latest publication)...since the autonomic regulation of the heart is generally confined to rate control.

[Sam R]

No offense intended,  however,  did you read her entire post?  She blames everything from baldness to cancer on vestibular damage.  Also,  she has been to 34 MD's.  THIRTY-FOUR!!  Where the hell did she get the time to go to 34 docs?  Sounds like she needs a job or a hobby.  Perhaps she can take up curling and try for the 2006 U.S Olympic curling team.  Anyway, the part of her body that needs to be examined is NOT her ear but slightly higher!

[arthur]

Don't knock it till you tried it.  I just started up a search of the medical literature re. the vestibular autonomic system and arrhythmias.  There surely is a relationship, however, I haven't given it a fair shot yet.  The problem is, that the autonomic nervous system(s) plays a large role in how susceptible the heart is to rate changes and arrhythmia brought on by PV focal noise.  The whole subject is difficult to follow or understand for the non-medical scientist, since there are relationships established between separate nervous systems in a ying-yang kind of way (eg, efferent/afferent; sympathetic/parasympathetic) and many of these systems have trunk lines running down from the brain stem along the esophagus and around and behind the heart...so who's to say what's really going on when they start talking to each other?
This is almost as much fun as believing a magnesium deficiency explains everything.

[arthur]

You still did not specify the form of Mg you are using.  Is it a soluble salt like magnesium acetate? or glutamate? or what?
And How Much....are you taking (mg/day)?

I know that serum levels will be different from tissue levels...it's the big hook that puts the doubt in those folks that want to believe that Mg may be the problem inspite of normal serum levels.

"Solarray magnesium and potassium with bromelain" doesn't tell me anything.  Is Solarray a name brand of some kind?  What's the story with bromelain (it's a mix of protein-digesting and milk-clotting enzymes generally derived from pineapples)? How is that supposed to help you?

[Sam R]

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