Am worried

[yenny44]

I am a 64 yo female.  For the past few months, I get short of breath when outside in the hot humid weather or when I exert myself like picking up something heavy.  I have to sit down and my heart rate is very slow.  After a few seconds it goes back to normal.  I wore an event monitor for a week and the doctor said I have av node heart block.  Does anyone know what this is and how serious it can be?  Is there anything I can do to prevent these episodes?  I am really worried.  

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Linda

[Bromley]

The above link is probably based on you having a local acct in Kokomo. You can check out just about any book you kind think of through the interlibrary loan system. I am certain that the lake county library has access to this system, even if there is no online link to it.

[Momto3]

Reposting a lost link.....

Here's the link about the inter-library loan program....http://macadamia.kokomo.lib.in.us/illiad/logon.html.  The community college I went to had a similar program - GREAT service.

[yenny44]

thanks for the advice...am going to check out the library.  i always like to be well informed .... but sometimes i find too much information is not good either.

Yenny

[Bromley]

Sorry not sure how my URL got deleted there. It was there a moment ago, but is gone now.  Go to the lake county public library. They have an inter library loan system there. Here is a stab at the web site; not sure if it will be automatically deleted or what....


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Bromley

[Bromley]

Hi.I do know what it is like to be outdoors in indiana this time of year. You didn't say what you were doing outdoors; I like being outdoors, but in the summer it is very steamy, exceedingly difficult to exercise, and you've almost got to bath in deet to keep from getting eaten alive, especially if you go out when it is "somewhat" cooler. I try to avoid overdoing in this weather;  fall is just around the corner and it is a much more pleasant time of year around here.

I know nothing about heart block, and would suggest contacting your doctors office with these questions, or asking one of the doctors online here at one of the expert forums (I prefer the heart rhythm expert forum). These guys are very knowledgeable and can offer you some better advice than many of us common folk in the heart rhythm community. The reassurance is also superior. If you are very worried, you can also arrange a second opinion via an e-opinion.

These days, it isn't difficult to get these kinds of questions addressed in a jiff. There is a lot of information online, or, in Indiana you can check out almost any book in existence through the inter library loan system (I believe it is called ILLIAD or something like that), even if your local library hasn't got what you need. This of course can be done by logging on to the indiana library system web site. For example,

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kind regards,

Bromley