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Sjogren’s Syndrome with heart pain
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jul 7 8:31am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
i don’t have a rheumatologist. However, i have an excellent cardiologist and excellent endocrinologist.
I have only had incidents of AFIB when i have been hyperthyroid. Emergency rooms apparently routinely test TSH level when patients have “heart attack like symptoms”.
I have so many specialists and don’t feel like i need a rheumatologist. My endochrinologist and my cardiologist agree that my occasional incidents of cardiac symptoms are triggered by hyperthroidism.
Hyperthyroidism (graves’ disease in my case) is known to trigger afib. I do not know anything about the correlation between other autoimmune conditions and cardiac symptoms.
If all my test results were normal, my next step would have been to go to an electrophysiologist.
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I was diagnosed with CAN (cardiac autonomic neuropathy).
I saw a neurologist. They did EMG/nerve conduction test along with biopsies for small fiber neuropathy. The cardiologist did a one month holter monitor test on me. I go between bradycardia/tachycardia.
My blood pressure goes up and down. I also have Afib and ventricler fib. There are other things that cause Afib. One of mine used to be low potassium. I take prescription potassium 20mgs twice a day and have had IV potassium. You don’t want that very painful.