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Bluefly

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Right Bundle Branch Block -is It Serious?
Posted: 08-22-06 09:24am

About five years ago I went to doctor after some chest pain (more of a stitch really than pain but I went to the doctor anyway because it was persistent) and he discovered that I had a right signal bundle branch block -i'd never heard of it before. He said it isn't serious. That I should forget about it. I had been suffering from a serious chest infection prior to the complaint. Chest infection cleared up, chest pain went away, and I forgot about it. I do have a little stitch like pain in the chest from time to time but not very often and I am an obsessive weightlifter, six times a week, two hours a day, never had trouble breathing or any real chest pain apart from that niggling stitch now and then which I always thought was muscular in origin. Spoke to someone recently who said bundle block in right side can be serious and shouldn't be taken lightly. Now i'm a little worried. Have I been living in ignorance all this time? Should I be exercising so much with an rbbb? According to some website info I found it can occur normally in a lot of people and is nothing to worry about. But that sounds like famous last words to me!
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suzieq3

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Rbbb-right Bundle Branch Block
Posted: 08-28-06 13:28pm

:) i, too, have a right bundle branch block (rbbb). I was diagnosed almost 3yrs ago with it, but only because I had other heart issues. I had a valve problem but had it repaired back then. My understanding is that a rbbb is ok to have. Many people do have it with no problems occurring. I was told not to worry also. Better to have a rbbb then a lbbb (left side). Lbbb usually means you have a diseased heart of some form, according to my research. Don't worry so much about it, just keep it monitored from time to time. Take care.
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jay h

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does any one have right bundle branch blockage
Posted: 03-14-08 21:55pm

i am a member of the armed forces and went in for a routine physical. the doctors diagnosed me with RBBB. is this a serious problem? should i reduce my physical training? is there anything special that i should do?
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khiggler

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I solved my right side bundle branch block
Posted: 06-14-08 13:16pm

jay,
I had what you have, I went through the testing (EKG, Xray, etc), plus had a scope put into my heart to look for "disease".The doctors didn't see anything bad.

This is a disease like many others where doctors say the same thing;
1 you have it
2 we don't know why
3 we don't know what will happens
4 if it gets worse, come back, we can put in a pacemaker.

Right side block is better than left side block by the way, so you have the better of the two.

I solved mine by breathing slower, but it took a year. I know, sounds absolutely ridiculous, so here's some more info to hopefully make you think about breathing and how it really kicked my butt. It's called "hyperventillation" if you search on the internet.


Here's a test, breathe 5x in/out....in/out and see how long it takes. Then do the same thing, but after you exhale, wait to inhale until your body tells you to, like holding your breath underwater and you feel the need to breath. What happens is you breathe 12-15x per minute normally and the body only really needs to breathe 3-4x per minute (after you practice breathing very slowly). Ask yourself why you can breathe 3 times slower and have no affect. Our body is terrible at letting you know that you're overbreathing. Ask yourself if overbreathing might be bad for you. I'm 100% certain it caused my right side bundle branch block problem.

Stress and age and sometimes bad habits make people breathe faster and the human body isn't smart enough to give you good feedback to slow down your breathing. Most fast breathers raise their chests when they inhale. You have to actually make your stomach push out on the inhale while your chest lowers. See what you do.

This is something that takes a real leap of faith on your part to research and practice and do consistently. After all, it sounds ridiculous that breathing too fast is really bad for you since you don't feel anything.

I hope you research it. It'll save you alot of pain.
Good luck.

Kevin.
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