Hi,
i am a 25 yr female with past heart
problems. I had to have my sa node
partialy ablated due to my heart reaching
250 bpm. I have been put on flecainide
since I was 17 years old to control
arrythmias.
Friday I woke up and could feel my heart
misfiring and was getting sick went to
work and by night I could not stand it.
I was having tons of palpitations and went
to the er. The er said I was having vt
and gave me o2 and inderal
la(antiarrythmic) upped my flec to 2x day,
gave me valium to control the tacacardia.
I was told that all blood work was normal
and to go to my cardiologist asap.
Just went to my cardiologist and he said
the er misdaignosed me. I should not be
on inderal. My ekg showed potassiom
deficency as well as my blood work. I
just went to my family doc to find the
underlying cause of the defeciency and
feel helpless.
They gave me potssiom supplements, but I
had to see the pa today. She said a cold
or some virus is causing me to feel ill?!
She also said in the office if I was
anxious when I was in the hospital or
cardiologist bc they wrote that in my
chart that I "looked" anxious. I said to
her no I feel like crap from being
misdiagnosed and having missed beats. I
am not stressed/depressed.
Should I try to get in tomorow with my
family doc? Can stress cause hypokelemia
and atrial premature beats? I read that
there is an underlying cause for this on
the internet and she felt I had some cold
virus.
Please someone let me know :cry: I am
feeling sick and am getting told by the pa
i'm crazy
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Amber28
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 75 Location: Australia
Posted: 02-15-06 22:11pm
I know that potassium (hypokalemia is a
bellow average amount of k+ in the blood)
has a direct influence on the hearts
ability to pump (its electrical pulse).
So it makes logical sense that your docs
and trying to raise your potassium levels
as by not having enough or having too much
is not good for you.
