Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 11-11-05 14:53pm
Look up premature ventricular
contractions, and premature arteial
contractions. My son had these. Vry
common. Mostly not fatal.
Also water lowers your blood pressure, and
blood pressure, heart disease (or heart
problems) and kidney disease go hand in
hand. Good luck
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ned
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Cheshire, England
Co-enzyme Q10 Posted: 12-18-05 19:51pm
Hi,
dick cairns posted a reply almost
immediately. Co enzyme q 10. It is
sound information.
Co-enzyme q10 is made naturally in the
body and is essential for muscle and heart
function. If you are deficient of this
you may also experience muscle cramps.
Try supplementing: it will not harm you.
I have a friend who did solve the missing
heart beat problem by doing just this.
She does not supplement now.
One reason that you might be deficient is
the use of statins. Statins inhibit cells
from making coq10.
Potassium is also essential for heart
function, make sure you get lots in your
diet: green leafy vegetables, tomatoes,
bananas, oranges.
This information comes from naturopaths:
your doctor is not taught it, so he will
not know about it or believe it.
If you have a shortage of a particular
substance, no amount of treatment will
work until the substance is supplied.
These substances are not just things to
try that "might" solve the problem - they
are things your body needs.
Best wishes to you all.
Ned
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mtraill52
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Location: spring texas
Heart Skipping Beats And Topral Xl Posted: 01-23-06 17:12pm
:) I have had heart palpulations for many
years.Mentioned it to several drs and
finally was sent to houstons top heart dr
at st lukes and he said I should be on
betta blockers..I told my dr that a couple
of times and he finally put me on topral
xl.I have heart problems from mom and dad
who both had thriple and better
bypasses.Since taking the topral it has
gotten so much better I had to register on
this site to answer what I was reading
about from many writers concerned with the
drug topral xl.I do not have stopping
heart beats hardly at all anymore ,and my
heart does not slam back to beating like
it use to.For this I am happy.It was
scarey when it happened and it happened
too may years untill topral xl.Hope this
has helped some of you. Get on it and
quit worrying about it .It will help you
.I take one tab a day and im glad I do...
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Pixie13
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 8 Location: Indiana
of Interest to All Women With These Symptoms!!! Posted: 02-18-06 05:26am
I am posting on here every time I see
symptoms that were like the ones I had but
doctors tend to laugh off or use an excuse
of anxiety, nerves, menopause, etc. To
the first poster, that many missed beats
are not normal, I had those to and believe
me, it is hard to get your nerves better
while this is going on and while each
doctor sends you home. I will almost
guarantee you also that you will get a
clean bill of health from the test they
give you also, I know I did, but I still
had a disease and it was about to kill me,
blocking the left side of my heart off
75%! So how did all my test come back
normal? Because they are still using
test that were only done on men and lab
rats and women's vascular system and
vessels are very different.
You must look things up, know your
symptoms, know what these symptoms can be
hinting at and you tell the doctors what
your opinion is also, you have that right!
As a matter of fact, your life may
depend on it.
After much research, trip after trip to
the hospital, all the test coming back
except for some irregularities in my pulse
but still feeling like I was going to die,
I discovered to many things that looked
like the symptoms I had and the final time
I was taken to the hospital and all I
remember them saying in the ambulance was,
"i think we've lost her' I knew with the
last breath I had, I would demand another
test. They didn't want to do anything
invasive, they only wanted to doctor me
with medicine and send me back home and
tell me all the things I was doing wrong
to cause this, once again, anxiety came in
and menopause. I had written on a piece
of paper - prinzmetal variant angina -
vasospasms and gave it to my husband.
When all was said and done and they
finally did the invasive procedure, sure
enough, the prognosis was, prinzmetal.
Unfortunately there is little that can be
done for this, I am on a lot of medicines,
I have a lot of lifestyle changes to make,
some because I just need to eat and
exercise differently, some because it took
so long for someone to diagnosis me
properly.
Prinzmetal is often called a resting
disease because it becomes very painful to
sleep or even get good rest, a lot of the
symptoms seem to be on the left side of
the body and like one poster said, she
could feel something wrong in the pulse on
her wrist. Boy, was that something I
noticed! I would have beats and then
just a blank, nothing going on. I had
left side numbness on my face and ear,
pain in my neck and jaw, in my shoulder.
Sometimes it seemed to move and in fact it
is, it is different vessels having spasms,
including your heart.
This may not be what you have at all but
what I am saying, especially to the ladies
is, take some of your health concerns into
your own hands, you are not a man or a lab
rat so there has been very little testing
to see how your cardiovascular system
works or how you will react to medicines
normally use. Take a look at post sent
in by some of the males (no offense guys)
but a lot of them say, don't worry about,
it, its perfectly normal, take this
vitamin or eat this food and don't get so
worked up about it..... Well, i'm here
to tell you if you don't get worked up
about it and be informed enough when you
go to take that next test, see that next
doctor or end up in the hospital you may
end up like me, sitting here on the
internet at 4 a.M., taking pain pills, 9
different medicines and wish I had just
been aware of this disease before. I
guess I was just lucky some information I
put in on google search happened to bring
prinzmetal up, I started not to click on
it because I thought it didn't even have
anything to do with the heart, I had never
heard of it and I study health issues all
the time. My wish now and what I am
determined to do is bring awareness to
others out there, especially women because
this is predominately a female disease and
I believe we are going to find some
correlation between not only symptoms but
age factors 40's +/-, time of life,
menopause, problems with the female system
- hormones not in balance, and most
importantly I believe there is a direct
correlation with what is happening in this
persons life, i.E., divorce, relationship
problems, death, depression, job stress,
home stress, financial stress, (pretty
apparent I am saying stress plays a big
part in this). The things I am wanting
to find out, is all those details from
women all across the us and try to form
some kind of a questionnaire for doctors,
nurses and emergency room attendants and
notice how many women are falling through
the cracks as far as heart disease, being
sent home with "the problem is all in your
head prescriptions", or worse yet, not
finding the real culprit and send them
home and something terrible happens and no
one in their family knows why.
Please, help me bring awareness about this
disease, I am contacting the heart
association to washington and women's
groups to help spread the word and getting
on sites like this (which is one of the
best I have seen and why I chose it to
post on)
take heart, take care,
let me know if you have been diagnosed
with prinzmetal or vasospasms.
sincerely,
pixie13 (dee)
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pippamerlin
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Location: oxford england
Palpatations ! Posted: 03-01-06 16:05pm
You have no idea how pleased I was to find
I was not the only one who was sitting
here thinking she was going to die at any
moment ! Just the fact that I am not the
only one with this horrid problem has made
me feel so much better - I have had palps
since I had my son 14 years ago ( I am
sure it is not his fault and he is a very
good teenager !!! ) I used to have them
probably once a month and for a day a two,
I had put it down to hormones however they
have started 4 days ago and dont seem to
be going away, having lost my wondeful
father a year ago to heart disease it has
scared me so much this time I cannot sleep
and am scared to drive, I am 41 and a
little overweight and I do smoke, yes I
know I need to give up ! I never drink
and do need to exercise more, but I know
100s of people like me who have never even
heard of palpatations never mind
experiencing them - does anyone have any
ideas how I maybe able to control them ?
Apart from loose weight stop smoking and
exercise !!!
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wpwman
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 2
I Thing I Found a Solution !!! Posted: 03-03-06 12:09pm
Dont know english well...I think I found
how to put away our "missed beats"... Lay
down,try to come down,count the
breath.Next put your hand on your heart
and strongly concentrate on your heart
beat. Dont think about missed,hear only
normal.After 10minutes your heart rate
should be correct.Method calls
"biofeedback", and it works for me great
!!! I dont have it at all !!Post your
experiences here!
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jennys11
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 70 Location: miami
Posted: 03-14-06 11:00am
I am so relieved to see this topic today.
I am 32 and last night my heart jumped so
hard it shook me. My fingers would move
involuntarily-four months (almost to the
day) I was having very bad irregular
heartbeats-hard and to the point it took
my breath away. I had a tia (minor
stroke) my doctor believes an irregular
heartbeat set off a small clot. I was
sleeping and it woke me up to one of the
worst nightmares of my life.
That scared me to death (in my mind I was
still young and was shook how early my
health had changed) I am lucky I had no
effects to the tia but I changed
everything my diet and exercise (no
caffeine, alcohol) but now slowly the
missed beats are coming back (like a
haunting ghost)
so today I sat down and looked at what I
ate yesterday-sugar!! I had a dessert
before bedtime. It's terrible I had to
give things I enjoy but fear has a way of
making your head turn the right way.
My mother who was a nurse said for some
reason women suffer from this and many
believe it's hormonal. I am going to see
the doctor and now I take 81mg aspirin a
day (only your doctor should tell you to
take an aspirin) I drink tons of water but
luckily (except for lastnight) there not
as bad as they once were.
I am just grateful that I am not alone in
this. I believe medical science is still
in the dark (in some ways) really about
the human body. Did you know that only
2200 heart transplants occur a year!!!
That's nothing-the heart is some-what a
mystery. And just think how many beats it
has to pump a day! So sometimes a missed
beat is understandable.
I almost died that night and now I am
grateful every day I open my eyes I
literally say "i made it through the
night" I had a real fear of the night (and
still sometimes do) my advice pick a
doctor you like,eat very well, no smoking,
drinking, sleep well, get rid of stress,
and enjoy this life we have. Trust me
it's short
and know we aren't alone when it comes to
this-
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Chulio
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 3
Posted: 03-16-06 23:05pm
I had problems just like many of you and I
refused to believe there was nothing wrong
with me. I had so many tests including a
stress test and passed all. Still I had
almost constant skips and was convinced I
was going to die. I finally decided I
would try to believe that it was anxiety
and took some steps to address that
possibility. After some therapy and soul
searching the skipping stopped. Up until
that time I never even took an aspirin
because I could will a headache away,
i had some stressful things going on that
I thought were not that bad but it took
it;s toll.
If you had a stress test or ekg an they
were normal it is not your heart !!!!!
This is a very common problem and that is
one reason er docs seem insensitive
sometimes.
I don't expect you to believe it because I
would not have either but your mind can
really convince you you are in trouble
when your not.
I hope you all find peace and feel
better.
Take care
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tooyoungtobeold
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 1 Location: oklahoma
It's Not In Your Head. Posted: 05-17-06 19:49pm
I was amazed to come across this subject.
I am 36 and have been feeling all of the
above symptoms for 2 years now. I've been
put off as being 'just stressed' or having
an anxiety or depression problem. I
believe that is a catch-all that doctors
resort to when they don't have the guts to
say, "gee, I don't know what's wrong with
you". Therefore, it becomes your problem,
self made, your fault, end of story..On to
another doctor to waste more money.
I'm going to waste just a little more of
my money (which I don't have anyway) and
visit an endocrine specialist. I've read
that hormones can cause the problem.
My cardiologist did a work up and all of
the tests you can think of, and his answer
was, lack of exercise, which causes an
imbalance in the adrenalin. (which causes
faintness, fatigue, breathlessness, weak
muscles) also, I smoke. He strongly
recommended that I stop. It causes
several problems anyway, but it throws the
adrenalin off, and your good and bad
cholesterol levels. Mine is way off, but
the over all number is still less than
200. It's those hidden numbers that
count. They, can also throw other
hormones off in your body.
I've been tested for anemia, had my
thyroid checked. All normal. The holtor
monitor did show that my atriums close
prematurely at times. It makes sense that
if it closes prematurely, a little a-fib
can happen.
He said cut caffeine, and he put me on
topal or something like that. I'll pick
it up tomorrow.
I do have a friend who has gone through
the same thing, and she went on the beta
blocker and has seen improvement. She
told me something about a vein that runs
across the esophagus, and her esophagus
was inflamed, which put pressure on the
vein that returned blood to the heart.
I have had stomach problems for some time
now, so I can believe it has something to
do with that as well. (reflux, ibs)
don't ever let a doctor make you feel like
you are crazy. Very sane individuals are
passed off as nuts. You are doing the
right thing! It's your body and you know
when something is off.
With the problems i've had with the
fluttering, skipped beats, rushes in my
chest while i'm sleeping, feeling and
seeing my own pulse, i've also had other
changes. Varicose veins, sudden explosion
of them. Acne on my back, thin hair, dry
skin. That"s not just in my head! It's
not caused by emotional problems of any
sort. It's a change happening in my
body!
Maybe a lack of something in my diet or a
hormonal change or imbalance.
I have added vit c, vit e, which are both
very good for the heart, look it up. I'm
taking a liquid vitamin called 'liquid
logic'. It is full of things we lack in
out diets today and taste good. ($7.00,
walmart, or it can be found at some
nutrition stores) the other mineral stuff
tastes like mercury or tin foil.
I'll go back on prolisec in about a month.
I'll start doing the stationery bike
again, try to knock the cigs and keep on
decaf. Do co q 10.
With luck and prayers and the right
combination of tactics, I hope to be
normal again!
I'm sick and tired of feeling sick and
tired! (and i'm sick of seeing doctors!)
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Jozigirl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 1
Palpitation Posted: 08-04-06 06:54am
I'm 49 and have had palpitations ever
since I can remember. I had two ecg and
visited my gp who was totally useless.
He told me there was nothing wrong with my
heart and sent me home with a few tips on
how to stop the palpitations but nothing
worked. In april I went to see a
specialist, as soon as he listened to my
heart he diagnosed mitral valve prolapse.
Although I think it has got worse because
of my age and also stress related. Yipee,
at least I know now what is wrong. He
prescribed beta blockers and I think i've
finally got a dose that suits me. No
more palpitations, no more stress because
of the palpitations. My resting pulse is
58 beats per minute, whereas in the past
it was around 90 - 100. My palpitations
were so fast I could never count them, but
I roughly estimated them being over 300
beat per minute. Try taking beta
blockers for the palpitations if nothing
else helps.
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wnlfox
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Orlando, Florida
Heart Palpitations And Beta Blockers Posted: 08-14-06 22:15pm
I'm 57m and have been having heart
palpitations for the past 10 years. For
8 years I was on beta blocker. One night
I had an excrutiating pain in my left leg.
My foot turned blue and the pain
persisted for 30 minutes. My wife drove
me to the er where many tests were
performed to determine the cause. The
Dr. Initially thought it was a blood
clot. After xrays, etc., no clots were
discovered. A couple of weeks later I
visited my cardiologist. He immediately
diagnosed my condition. He said it was
due to the extended use of the beta
blocker (8 years). Of course, I had to
come off the beta blocker slowly. I was
taking 200 mg per day. I cut it back by
25 mg per day each week until I was
completely off. That was about 9 months
ago. So far i've had no reoccurrances of
the condition.
My heart continues to palpitate. My
cardiologist insists that it is not
serious. He watched the ekg react to the
palpitationsas I sat in his exam room. He
said I have nothing to worry about- that
they are very common.
Sooooo....I don't worry about them.
-wnlfox
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TSG
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 18
Palpitations Posted: 09-20-06 10:57am
I'm new to this forum and very surprised
to read about the number of people with
palpiations and arrythmias.
I've been diagnosed with pat (several yrs
back) although I haven't been to hospital
for some time now for it.
I also had palpitations throughout my last
pregnancy. It drove me crazy. I had
trouble sleeping and I worried constantly.
The doctor said it was nothing to worry
about (ran all the usual tests). I agree
with those of you who say "well, you're
not the one who has the problem".
I went to my naturalpath and was tested
for food sensitivities (notice I didn't
say allergies). Turns out I have a
sensitivity to corn, chocolate and
oatmeal. When I eat these foods - I get
palpitations (even now).
Worth a try - for those of you looking for
answers.
Good luck.
Ps be sure to add coq10 and essential
fatty acids to your diet.
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MarjorieM
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 1 Location: South Carolina
I have had irregular heart beats (that I
was aware of) for eight years. I am 54
years old. The problem was detected after
I passed out cold in the middle of my
first period class in highschool (i was a
teacher). I had been experiencing what I
would call "body rushes" similar to when
you get up to quickly sometimes. They
would occur even if I was just walking
down the hallway. I attributed the
experiences to poor eating habits and
tried to eat better. Then I passed out.
Pretty traumatic for my students. After
having all the work ups under the sun and
monitors strapped on the conclusion was
that I had quite a few extra heart beats
during a 24 hour period than was normal.
However, this situation was considered
common in tall, slim women. I became
aware of the sensations that would occur
just prior to these body rushes. I would
feel a tingle in side of my neck, my face
would get warm, I would feel like
something was caught in my asophogus
(sp)almost like heart burn, my heart would
pound and then came the body rush. After
having many ekgs, a heart stress test and
ultrasound the cardiac md said that
nothing was wrong with me other than the
extra heartbeats. They prescribed a
beta-blocker and I quote "you probably
don't really need this but it will make
you feel more comfortable at night when
you go to sleep". I was to cut out
caffeine. Well, things have gotten
better. I have not fainted since. I do
experience "body rushes" or light
headedness about 2 to three times a year
and they last off and on for about a week.
I began to get concern this last spring
because they were returning and staying
longer. The same symptoms along with a
pounding heart. I would feel like I
needed to take my bra off because the
strap felt too restrictive. My chest
would hurt from the pounding. I would
have to try and sleep on my back because
sleeping on my side constricted my chest.
My md referred me to another cardiac
specialist at a heart center. They ekg,
stress tested, cat scanned and ultra
sounded they concluded the same thing.
Nothing wrong with my heart. Keep taking
atenenol. My general md reccomended
adding magnesium to my daily intake.
Believe it or not that has helped. I also
drink a bottle or 2 of tropicana orange
juice which is high in potassium and they
both seem to quiet the heart. I keep
wondering if I have had a vitamin
deficiency all these years which has
caused the arrythmia and palpitations. I
still take the atenenol along with the
vitamins. Things do seem better now.
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stevenajones1122
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Kelowna
Heart Palpitations - Use Magnesium Posted: 01-31-07 18:40pm
Many times heart palitations can be
corrected by supplementing with a good
magnesium supplement, such as a mag
citrate, chelate, orotate or aspartate.
Magnesium oxide is very poorly absorbed.
I had palpitations a couple of years ago,
and taking magnesium and hawthorn fixed me
within about 1 month.
I have recommended this to customers in my
health food store and have had good
feedback. Magnesium is partly
responsible for regulating your heartbeat
andmany people's diets are defcient in
magnesium
edit
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sallyann2007
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 13
Posted: 03-01-07 16:41pm
They are arhythmia and generally are not
considered serious unless they last more
than a minute. Definitely tell your doctor
next time you see him/her. They may
prescribe a medication and a stress test.
Millions of Americans suffer from them.
http://rd
octor.com/symptoms_disease/content/view/12
/2/
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rahulya
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Pune
Hello Posted: 03-22-07 09:51am
this is a very common symptom for
valvular heart disease. even mild to
moderate disease can cause this problem. u
should be undergoing an 2 d echo, for the
heart which can pick up such a problem,
the most common being the mitral valve. If
this is the case, you should be all right
with a small dose of B-blockers.
Regards,
Dr. Rahul
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my2cents
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Indiana
Re: Hello Everyone, First Post... Posted: 05-03-07 13:00pm
female...I'm 55 and just recently started
experiencing this problem...It goes away
for about a month and then starts back,
lasts about a week, and then resides
again...Been to the doctor here in miami,
fl....Given ekg, blood tests...Basically,
the works, and was told nothing was wrong
with my heart....I'm 5' 9" and weigh 160
lbs, so I don't think weight is a
factor....My blood pressure is 125/75,
heart rate around 75 per minute....The
doctor told me that as long as these
occurred less than 8 times a minute there
was no cause for alarm....But, he ain't
the one with the problem....Well, I think
one of the posters here has come close to
a resolution, because I have cut out my
caffiene intake altogether, lowered my
acholol consumption and that has seemed to
eliminate the problem...However, two
weekends ago I over-indulged and now for
the last 7 days I have paid the
price....Guess it's time to give up the
drinking, even though I never was only a
weekend social drinker...Ok, I like to
party, give me a break...But, it does seem
like that attributed to my problem....Once
this "skipped heartbeat" problem starts it
usually takes about 10 days to work itself
back to normal, or so my experience has
indicated....[/quote] I am 59 and mine
started at 50. I have been on Toprol
since it started and my doctor told me it
will only get worse. Heart problems run
on my mother's side of the family. They
all died young of heart attacks.
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exodus_152
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 40
Answers to Posted: 05-06-07 13:33pm
Palpitations can be scary. Most pose no
threat. Out side of your regular medical
world (Medical Doctors), you might
consider msg (monosodium glutamate) found
in most fast and packaged foods as a
possible cause. Try avoiding this
completely for three weeks and see if the
palpitations don't resolve. In addition
just drinking more water every day may be
all that is needed (dehydration is
implicated in sinus arrhythmias). Next try
drinking a large glass of orange juice
everyday, the added potassium can be
miraculous. Magnesium supplementation
might also be helpful, give this at least
four weeks to decide if has helped. Lastly
drinking hawthorn berry tea has been very
helpful to many people.
Let me know what helps.
Smile God loves you!
Good luck!
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kmcgoldrick65
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 6 Location: philadelphia
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Thanked:1
Heart Palpitations Posted: 05-17-07 18:35pm
Hello All,
I usually drink 40 oz. of coffee everyday.
Since my Financial Institution has been
going through a merger I have been
extremely busy at work I am stressed and
exhausted, also overwhelmed. Not used to
this kind of fast paced enviroment. I
haven't drank my coffee in 4 days. I have
been having heart palpitations. I feel
them in my chest and in my throat. I don't
know if this is from caffine withdrawal or
something more serious. I had an echo
stress cardiogram back in February 2007.
Everything was normal. I had blood drawn 3
times throughout the night in the
hospital. They checked my cardiac enzymes
all was normal. 3 ekgs all normal.
Cholesterol was good total of 189. BP was
110/80. I just went to my family physician
and told him about the palpitations and he
said that it can be a skipped heart beat
and that is nothing to worry about. I
would appreciate any input on this matter.
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exodus_152
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 40
Hope This Helps Posted: 05-18-07 18:09pm
Palpitations can be scary. Most are of no
medical concern. Caffeine diffinatly can
play a role. It seems your doctors are not
overly concerned and that should give you
some peace of mind. Dehydration can play a
role in sinus arrhythmias. Stress can also
aggravate the symptoms, adrenaline and
cortisol levels increase. You may find
that staying off the caffeine, drinking a
large glass of orange juice a day, and
adding a magnesium supplement to your diet
will eliminate your symptoms.
If you are concerned about heart disease
read the book "Answers to: Heart Disease"
which can be found on Amazon.com or spam
link. This book is unique and loaded with
info you won't find anywhere else, an easy
read.
You can also ask your Doctor to have a
prolonged test done where they hook you up
to a portable unit, that you wear all
day.
