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Does anyone in this group have SVT?

Posted by kjc49 @kjc49, Jan 18 1:02pm

I recently had an echocardiogram with contrast and a stress test with myocardial perfusion. Before that I had a wore a heart monitor for 14 days. I have a right and left bundle branch block in my heart. I asked my doctor what the heart monitor diagnosed and he said Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). This was done by my family physician and when I asked if I should see a cardilogist he said I didn't need to. Now I just looked up SVT and wanted to talk with anyone who has this to compare symptons and what they were told by their doctor.

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kjc49 | @kjc49 | Jan 25 3:27pm
In reply to @lindy9 "I am so sensitive that I have even a problem with decaf. It still has some..." + (show)
@lindy9

I am so sensitive that I have even a problem with decaf. It still has some caffeine in it.
Another thing that has helped me is drinking water. I still am not up to the 8 glasses a day, but before drinking very little. I am really working on it. I have never drank much and my parents didn't either. My mom had alzheimers real bad. So I am doing all I can to avoid that. And I read that not enough water can affect your heart and also dementia.

If you are having heart issues, try eliminating the coffee and drink water. Of course, no colas, chocolate or anything else with caffeine. Mountain Dew has more than colas. Let us know what happens.

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Ok thanks for the advise

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harveywj | @harveywj | Jan 25 7:26pm
In reply to @kjc49 "Thank you. I think I will see a cardiologist and a Electrophysiologist. I never even heard..." + (show)
@kjc49

Thank you. I think I will see a cardiologist and a Electrophysiologist. I never even heard of that field. But I’m going to check. Thank you.

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All Electrophysiologists are cardiologists 1st and then took extra training in to specialize in EP. There are approximately 34,000 cardiologists in the US.
There are approximately 4300 EPs in the US.

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lindy9 | @lindy9 | Jan 26 12:27pm
In reply to @kjc49 "I am going to cut all caffeine from my diet. I have heart arrhythmia but it’s..." + (show)
@kjc49

I am going to cut all caffeine from my diet. I have heart arrhythmia but it’s not afib says my doctor. On line they said to keep a log of when your heart starts beating really fast and write down what you were doing. They also said there are breathing exercises to control your heart beat. See my family doctor doesn’t tell me any of this. I think I need to go to a cardiologist.

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I don't believe it matters if it is called AFIB or heart arrhythmia or another fancy name. I believe that cutting caffeine and drinking water, cutting out the junk foods may very possible help and possibly eliminate need for specialists and horrible meds and treatments. .

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lindy9 | @lindy9 | Jan 26 12:31pm
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@barbaradh

Sorry for my typos. I do want to concur with others who mentioned hydration. Hydration is particularly important according to my cardiologist. Keep drinking water throughout the day. First thing when you wake up, have some water too. Your organs including heart love it after 6-7 hours without it. It helps one’s skin too.
I am curious what symptoms you were having that your doc ordered the tests. By the way, I was diagnosed at age 65 and have no additional health issues.
If you ever feel like you are going to faint which happens occasionally with PSVT, immediately strain—as though you were on the toilet. It does something to the vein in your neck which helps blood flow or something. Anyway, it works. Good luck to you.

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If you feel like your going to faint, quick grab on to something or someone. If it is Brad Pitt, I would probably postpone the bathroom strain pose. And my heart would probably go faster, but a win for me. LOL Laughter does good like medicine.

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