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Has anyone had heart disease caused by seizures?
Has anyone had heart disease caused by seizures. I have grand mal seizures that started 20 years ago. It tooks several years to bring under control, then suddenly started again in 2020 and went on for about one years until I dramtically increased my meds.
I know grand mal seizures can cause critically high blood pressure and mine went above 250/100 causing several strokes, fortunately no significant, permanant damage.
Has anyone had heart or vascular disease caused by seizures. I've been on a heart healthy diet 40 years by choice, there were had no sign of artery blockage before my seizures came back. I needed a stent to clear a blockage in my "widow maker" artery four months after they returned. I had a minor heart attack in December 2022.
Is there a relation between seizures and heart or artery disease?
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I was wondering if anyone else had heart heart problems along with there epilepsy?I have a fib along with my epilepsy and I seem be in a fib quite a bit.I got my pacemaker the 1st one in 210/I've had asthmaI have had asthma since I was 5 months old.I'm allergic to the state of Ga I did get allergy shots as a kid and again as an adult until I ended up with heart problems and they had to stop them. The shots got rid of most of my allergies except for cats and dogs.Belinda
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1 ReactionHi, @belinda5000 - Having afib along with epilepsy is a lot going on. Unfortunate that you had to stop your allergy shots due to heart problems.
Starting here by connecting you with others who have talked about epilepsy and seizures along with heart or artery disease. I wanted you to know I moved your message to join with the one started by @tondyde, who was asking about a similar topic:
- Has anyone had heart disease caused by seizures? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/seizures-strokes-and-heart-disease/
tonyde talks about having a minor heart attack and also experiencing gran mal seizures. Also tagging others in the Epilepsy & Seizures support group who have talked about heart conditions and epilepsy/seizures @gmamrj @minajo so they can be part of this discussion. Also inviting @jakedduck1 @mmas @jenfossbru @dannoyes to join in if they have some input to share on this topic.
Have you seen any ways in which your epilepsy and heart problems have interacted over the years, belinda5000?
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