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Various heart arrythmia ailments
I am 46 year old female who first experienced what I think was SVT aged 16. I went on to have 3 more attacks, the last being 20 years ago. Since then I have had many different sorts of palpitations, once for instance my heart went completly violently crazy and irregular for half an hour. Another time I had a big ectopic beat every 2 minutes for 2 days, this was when I had severe indigestion after taking very powerful antibiotics. I have found that if I have a shot at say the dentist, or twice when being put under for an operation, my heart will beat very rapidly for a while, I believe it went up to about 160 beats per minute.
To cut a long story short, all echos, stess tests and an MRI of the heart have been normal. I have managed to catch a few ectopic beats on a king of hearts monitor which revealed the extra beats were coming from the right ventricle. My cardio thinks I may have a condition known as right ventricular outflow focus which would account for all the various palpitations I experience.
I have a hiatus hernia and any kind of indigestion will trigger off some kind of palpitation. I am fairly sure myself that I have had the odd attack of atrial fibrillation after reading descriptions of it.
I find my life difficult to cope because of the palpitations, some I can deal with, others are utterly terrifying. Beta blockers make my palpitations worse.
I think my cardio is fed up with me.
What kind of action would be suitable for me to take?
Thanks in advance.
To cut a long story short, all echos, stess tests and an MRI of the heart have been normal. I have managed to catch a few ectopic beats on a king of hearts monitor which revealed the extra beats were coming from the right ventricle. My cardio thinks I may have a condition known as right ventricular outflow focus which would account for all the various palpitations I experience.
I have a hiatus hernia and any kind of indigestion will trigger off some kind of palpitation. I am fairly sure myself that I have had the odd attack of atrial fibrillation after reading descriptions of it.
I find my life difficult to cope because of the palpitations, some I can deal with, others are utterly terrifying. Beta blockers make my palpitations worse.
I think my cardio is fed up with me.
What kind of action would be suitable for me to take?
Thanks in advance.
I have had flutters in my chest for two weeks. DR says stress maybe. I feel he is not being thorough enough. I do not feel stressed...and how would they last for two weeks when ive never ever had them before. I never feel myu heart racing or pounding..i just feel my hear shake around a few times a minute. he did echo which showed trace mitral regurg. i would feel better if i had mvp cuz then there would be some explanation. can trace regurg do it? does anyone know? how come it seems like the dr is frustrated with my concern? he gave me a holter and put me on toprol 37.5 mg and im sorry but the damn toprol doesnt do a thing. when i told him this and that im worried and that i dont think its just stress since i dont feel very stressed ..he told me to go see a cardiologist...do you think he was just passing the buck or is he covering his ***? im 27 and the only damn thing im stressed about is these pVC's....how can they just show up one day and persist unless theres a reason. doc didnt even mention adrenal glands or adrenal hormone tests...i feel he could be missing something. holter showed pvc's occuring singly..no other symptoms...i exercise in the am and dont feel them..im really scared ..can someone help me?????
email ***@**** you very much everyone
email ***@**** you very much everyone
i am a 65 year male,i first experienced all the symtoms mentioned is this forum, when i was at the age of 24 years.( irregular & weak pulse, rapid heartbeat)the sudden onset is frighting, it makes me disfuctional, as a young man it could be controlled mechanicy, eg;lower head between legs. lower head under running cold water tap, plunge face in ice cold water. now none of these methods have any effect. take pescribed beta blockers now in 03. not working very well though. what i have to do now is lay down in the side position, in a hard floor . & heart beat returns to normal in 10- to 20 minutes. its is a very frightening experience to have this ailment. poisons in food , ciggarets, alcohol & alcohol preserevative additives. i really do understand you all, i have the same affliction, linda & valeria. its a frightening handicap to have.i am ok today. but wednesday 2 weeks ago i had a bad one. a 1 houre drive home (rural) then 10 minutes laying on side, eg; get head down to increase oxygen to brain. there is much more to this subject, any one please e mail me to ***@**** australia.
Dear all,
My daughter in law and my son are expecting a baby. She (age 27) is 25 wks pregnant. However the baby showed a heartbeat of over 230! since 3 wks and it seams the fetus contains a lot of hydrops fetalis (prob due to the VT. It has been diagnosed for 1 week now). The fetus blood seems to be ok (sample just taken today: HG= 7.7 no viruses, mother had developed Parvo B19 virus estimated approx 12 weeks ago). the mother's present medication is Lanoxin and Tambocor (1 week), and the fetus"s heartbeat is not going down to less than 200 now and hydrops seems to increase. We are in NEED for advice! Please respond if you have any suggestion!
Best regards,
alwin (europe, amsterdam)
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My daughter in law and my son are expecting a baby. She (age 27) is 25 wks pregnant. However the baby showed a heartbeat of over 230! since 3 wks and it seams the fetus contains a lot of hydrops fetalis (prob due to the VT. It has been diagnosed for 1 week now). The fetus blood seems to be ok (sample just taken today: HG= 7.7 no viruses, mother had developed Parvo B19 virus estimated approx 12 weeks ago). the mother's present medication is Lanoxin and Tambocor (1 week), and the fetus"s heartbeat is not going down to less than 200 now and hydrops seems to increase. We are in NEED for advice! Please respond if you have any suggestion!
Best regards,
alwin (europe, amsterdam)
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Dear all,
My daughter in law and my son are expecting a baby. She (age 27) is 25 wks pregnant. However the baby showed a heartbeat of over 230! since 3 wks and it seams the fetus contains a lot of hydrops fetalis (prob due to the VT. It has been diagnosed for 1 week now). The fetus blood seems to be ok (sample just taken today: HG= 7.7 no viruses, mother had developed Parvo B19 virus estimated approx 12 weeks ago). the mother's present medication is Lanoxin and Tambocor (1 week), and the fetus"s heartbeat is not going down to less than 200 now and hydrops seems to increase. We are in NEED for advice! Please respond if you have any suggestion!
Best regards,
alwin (europe, amsterdam)
My daughter in law and my son are expecting a baby. She (age 27) is 25 wks pregnant. However the baby showed a heartbeat of over 230! since 3 wks and it seams the fetus contains a lot of hydrops fetalis (prob due to the VT. It has been diagnosed for 1 week now). The fetus blood seems to be ok (sample just taken today: HG= 7.7 no viruses, mother had developed Parvo B19 virus estimated approx 12 weeks ago). the mother's present medication is Lanoxin and Tambocor (1 week), and the fetus"s heartbeat is not going down to less than 200 now and hydrops seems to increase. We are in NEED for advice! Please respond if you have any suggestion!
Best regards,
alwin (europe, amsterdam)
Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum here. I have had WPW since I was 14 years old that's when I was put on Inderol. The following fifteen years I experienced lethargy, poor muscular response to physical activity and decided to take myself off of the drug. I had learned to control my condition by making sure I was rested and not over indulging in anything that would start the tachycardia. This was hard for me in my late teens and early college years and after a few scary episodes where my heart rose to 230 beats plus, I went back to the cardiologist and back on Inderol.
Now in my late thirties the beta blockers were loosing their effectiveness, mostly due to my alcohol consumption and stressful resteraunt management positon, so my cardiologist reffered me to a EP specialist. It's been a year after the last of two attempts of the ablation. Fortuneately the later worked but, after the first attempt I felt like ****, so bad and arythmia too, the EP put me on Ryhtmol which made my symptoms worse at times walking through the warehouse I felt like my heart was going to stop on the spot.
I've been free of tachycardia for a year now, no beta blockers and when I go to the gym to strength train I have good results.
However, in the last week or so I have some intermittent brief arythmia, similar the what I remember when my heart would try to short circuit but, never fully. So, here I go to the specialist again. I must say this last year made the procedure absolutely worth it, even if I have to go through it again.
For those of you who are considering the procedure for WPW it's worth it, and there's a new procedure thats more precise using microwave technology.
Good luck, I know it's hard to keep your hope up when no one understands what your feeling, especially when your heart feels like it's going bonkers, your short of breath and light headed.
There is help out there, don't give up or settle until you comfortable and satisfied.
Now in my late thirties the beta blockers were loosing their effectiveness, mostly due to my alcohol consumption and stressful resteraunt management positon, so my cardiologist reffered me to a EP specialist. It's been a year after the last of two attempts of the ablation. Fortuneately the later worked but, after the first attempt I felt like ****, so bad and arythmia too, the EP put me on Ryhtmol which made my symptoms worse at times walking through the warehouse I felt like my heart was going to stop on the spot.
I've been free of tachycardia for a year now, no beta blockers and when I go to the gym to strength train I have good results.
However, in the last week or so I have some intermittent brief arythmia, similar the what I remember when my heart would try to short circuit but, never fully. So, here I go to the specialist again. I must say this last year made the procedure absolutely worth it, even if I have to go through it again.
For those of you who are considering the procedure for WPW it's worth it, and there's a new procedure thats more precise using microwave technology.
Good luck, I know it's hard to keep your hope up when no one understands what your feeling, especially when your heart feels like it's going bonkers, your short of breath and light headed.
There is help out there, don't give up or settle until you comfortable and satisfied.
I have had PVC's for years, along with a rare episode of PSVT. I have suffered anxiety since I was a kid, which I believe brings a lot of it on. Read the postings below about how PVC's have made people afraid to leave their homes or go to sleep. It can be tough, but they are benign in a healthy heart. As long as you get checked out periodically, there is no cause for concern. I will say that reading these postings has really helped me along, by seeing that other people are going through exactly the same thing. Hang in there!
I suffered for years with atrial fib with full ventricular envolvement similar to the discriptions here. I had several doctors tell me that I was obsessed with my heart and that I should seek counseling. What doctors know and probably won't tell you is that many people have much more "heart feeling" than others. Some people have these arryithmias and don't even know it. But, to me it was dibilitating. Luckily I ran into Dr. Rodrigo Chan at the Minnesota Heart Clinic. He recognized that I was not going to make it much longer. I was in total Afib with my entire heart going "crazy" up to 10 hours every other day. He performed a radiographic AV node ablation and then implanted a pacemater. That was 4 days before Christmas in 1994. I just had that pacemaker replaced with one that will last 12 years. I was virtually disabled before the procedure and 6 weeks after the procedure I was running around Disneyland with my daughter. If you arrythmias are taking the joy out of your life to the point that it is difficult to function. Then check out this extraordinary procedure.
I have been getting these PVC's for a year now. They are taking over my life. I have them everyday sometimes most of the day and i am sick of it. I have had the echo, heart cath stress test and my heart is in great condition. I do not drink caffeine and i limit my alcohol. I do not understand why i keep having these. Sometimes i get 5 or 6 in a row and that sucks the most i am only 30 and no matter what the Dr's say i still feel thati am going to die from this.. I am taking ToprolXl 50mg a day and it still does not stop them. I have found that when i take a xanax it will stop them for awhile. I just want the damn things to leave me alone. The Dr's say the do not know why I have them but they are not dangerous. If they do not know why i am having them how can they not be dangerous. I mean we can send people to the moon and make an artificial heart but yet we can not stop PVC's. More research needs to be done cause my life nad others are being ruined by this at 30. Please help someone, and can you offer any advise or just let me hear someone else is having this problem . Billy
I suffered with indigestion and no reasons found as far as lifestyle changes, diet etc. I too have a lipoma that is very visible due to I am thin and have waited to have it removed when my heart is calm again. Why the increase in pvc's ?
Is there a correlation with eating ? Blue cold nails , and other issues, Now testing electrolites. Eat alot of Potassium foods But 3.4 border low So using K- Lyte to increase that.
Is there a correlation with eating ? Blue cold nails , and other issues, Now testing electrolites. Eat alot of Potassium foods But 3.4 border low So using K- Lyte to increase that.
I just noticed a few comments about the adrenal gland. I am very curious of the adrenal function test - how is this completed and is it a simple blood test or do you have to do something more extensive? The reason I ask is that after the birth of my daughter - (I have always had PVCS) my pvcs got worse - and are very intense and more frequent and I can generally attribute them to my cycle too - I was in a car accident 3 years ago and they found a MASS on my adrenal gland. They said it was just lipoma - fat deposit. Im wondering now if that may be causing the problems - I may have adrenal stress or something similar because of this mass? Interesting....any info would be helpful w/the adrenal views - thanks
Linda, how are you doing? Have you looked into finding an electrophysiologist?
I receive carbo-cain at the dentist instead of the leaded type. I pre-med before dental visits due to MVP and find many pvc's,pac's in the fearful dental chair. I do deep breathing and try to stay calm. Have had a racing heart during a C/T and that was very scary as well. Visit the MVP club for info too
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mitralvalveprolapse2
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mitralvalveprolapse2
A am a 41 and female. I have daily ventricular arrhythmias and also mitral regurgitation. In 2001 I had an EP study and ablation done for atrial tachycardia, atrial flutter and AV nodal reetrant tachycardia. The Dr did a slow AV nodal pathway ablation and also ablated two of three PVC fossae. I am one of the rare cases that feel worse after an ablation. The third "spot" turned into bigeminy (the feeling that the heart is skipping every other beat, weak and short of breath). Unfortunatly this spot is on the left side where there is a 1 percent cance of a fatal stroke if I have an ablation for it. I have never had an increase in arrhythmias durring dental work or after surgery. I notice that it is much less prevalent BEFOR my menstral cycle and is at its worst twords the end of my cycle and the folowing week.
I started getting irregular heartbeats during my pregnancy 14 yrs. ago, I'm a 38 yr.old female, I've been to the emergency room countless times, they gave me shot glasses of concentrated potassium, said it was an electrolyte thing,I suffered from severe morning sickness during my pregnancy, vomited to the point of dehydration, the Dr. said that's why i have the arrythmia, It' very common with people who suffered from anorexia or other eating disorders, due to throwing up, all of your electrolytes are out of wack, I get my arrythmia alot during working out or lifting heavy things, or when upset, anybody else ever heard that theory???? By the way I'm doing really nothing to treat it, I just drink gatorade, I don't like medicine...
I might add that in addition to atrial arrythmia, I was also having tachycardia attacks. Those things come on with absolutely no warning, so the doctors never could document it. And it wasn't everyday that I was having problems. So the holter monitor never picked my problem up.
Linda, I would welcome an email from you. You wouldn't believe my story! (email is ***@****) Bdoll
I wanted to mention that I'm 41, and all this started when I was 32.
I first noticed my arrythmias in 1993.
After finally going to the e.r. one night in 1998, I have seen a cardiologist, and still do every six months, and have been taking 150mg. of toprol daily since September, 1999.
I had all the tests, blood, echo, monitors, and really still don't know anymore now what goes on then I did that day in 1993.
It started out with a rapid heart rate on and off, this continued every day. Then I get like a flutter or a beat I feel in my chest sometimes, or like today every time I take a deep breath and exhale, I can feel it in top of my chest, or bottom of throat or neck.
I am a few weeks late for my cycle to begin, and also missed a dose of the toprol, so when I took it today it was a full 24 hours since the last dose, and that a no good to do.
I have a feeling the reason I feeling these stinking arrythmias today, is a combination of missing a dose , and my menstrual cycle, I usually have problems each month when it comes around, but the fact of being late does not help.
Does anyone else notice a change in their arrythmias around that time of the month?
After finally going to the e.r. one night in 1998, I have seen a cardiologist, and still do every six months, and have been taking 150mg. of toprol daily since September, 1999.
I had all the tests, blood, echo, monitors, and really still don't know anymore now what goes on then I did that day in 1993.
It started out with a rapid heart rate on and off, this continued every day. Then I get like a flutter or a beat I feel in my chest sometimes, or like today every time I take a deep breath and exhale, I can feel it in top of my chest, or bottom of throat or neck.
I am a few weeks late for my cycle to begin, and also missed a dose of the toprol, so when I took it today it was a full 24 hours since the last dose, and that a no good to do.
I have a feeling the reason I feeling these stinking arrythmias today, is a combination of missing a dose , and my menstrual cycle, I usually have problems each month when it comes around, but the fact of being late does not help.
Does anyone else notice a change in their arrythmias around that time of the month?
How does one have an adrenaline test??
bdoll - if you let me have your email address I'll drop you a line.
Regards
bdoll - if you let me have your email address I'll drop you a line.
Regards
Linda, have you tried an electrophysiologist? I was having problems with atrial arrythmia for years and doctors didn't believe me. I found an electrophysiologist and he found out my problem. I am now on a Beta Blocker that I will have to take the rest of my life. The amazing thing is that my electrophsiologist told me if I had not taken steps to find out what was causing my atrial arrythmia, that it would have caused heart valve damage. So please, keep pushing for a diagnosis!
As for dental shots, many dental shots contain epinephrine (also known as adrenaline). Adrenaline causes many things to happen including changes in blood pressure and heart rhythm.
Hi Pw
Had my thyroid checked - is that the same thing?? It was OK.
Regards
Had my thyroid checked - is that the same thing?? It was OK.
Regards
I'm not a doctor but has anyone tested you for adrenal function? I know that blood test was performed on me when I was admitted to hospital for my heart arhythmia.
Hi there
Regarding dental shots, etc. I have requested that adrenaline isn't used in any shots I have, and so far at the dentist I have had no more 'attacks' - or should I say episodes! When going under anaesthetic in hospital, however, I still had the rapid beats despite being given a non-adrenaline shot. I have had surgery twice now and the first time the rapid beats came on just before I went under, the second time they came on after I'd gone under (so I was told!). Apparently the rapid beats went on for about 5 minutes. The anaesthesist put it down to me being worked up, but of course I knew that wasn't the case.
Regarding dental shots, etc. I have requested that adrenaline isn't used in any shots I have, and so far at the dentist I have had no more 'attacks' - or should I say episodes! When going under anaesthetic in hospital, however, I still had the rapid beats despite being given a non-adrenaline shot. I have had surgery twice now and the first time the rapid beats came on just before I went under, the second time they came on after I'd gone under (so I was told!). Apparently the rapid beats went on for about 5 minutes. The anaesthesist put it down to me being worked up, but of course I knew that wasn't the case.
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