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!
:) 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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Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1
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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Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 2
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.
