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heartbeat too fast with congestive heart failure

Posted by corjianne @corjianne, Nov 19, 2017

I have CHF with an EF of 20 or so. Over the last few weeks, my doctor has told me my heart is beating too fast, about 100-150 bpm. He prescribed Digoxin, which gave me terrible stomach pains. Does anyone have an experience with this?
Thanks.

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oldkarl | @oldkarl | Nov 27, 2017
In reply to @soloact ">> walls of the heart have become thick (13-19) and leathery, forcing the heart to beat..." + (show)
@soloact

>> walls of the heart have become thick (13-19) and leathery, forcing the heart to beat faster but less efficiently to pump the proper supply of blood.

Sounds like you're describing heart failure, and that happens most often simply because of old age. Our bodies wear out. That's why it's becoming more common. We live longer, so we end up with diseases related to the body starting to break down.

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@soloact Yes, it is heart failure, and there are other disorders besides Cardiac Amyloidosis that can cause this, including Athlete's heart, and others. And I have been dX with some of them. But with a low voltage in the QRS EKG, that is a pretty clear evidence of cardiac Amy. The Amy fibrils interrupt the sensori-motor nerve channels and shut down the message channels. Enlarged heart, with heart failure but still full voltage to the Ventricular walls is simple heart failure, but not Amyloidosis.

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oldkarl | @oldkarl | Nov 27, 2017
In reply to @soloact ">> walls of the heart have become thick (13-19) and leathery, forcing the heart to beat..." + (show)
@soloact

>> walls of the heart have become thick (13-19) and leathery, forcing the heart to beat faster but less efficiently to pump the proper supply of blood.

Sounds like you're describing heart failure, and that happens most often simply because of old age. Our bodies wear out. That's why it's becoming more common. We live longer, so we end up with diseases related to the body starting to break down.

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@ama233 Surely it could. The problem is that anything that interrupts the blood flow anywhere in the body COULD cause change to your feet. Most docs will assume that any flow difficulty to your feet will be caused by diabetes. It is not necessarily correct, but sometimes it is, and that is good enough for most doctors.

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corjianne | @corjianne | Nov 29, 2017
In reply to @oldkarl "@corgianne Actually, what you describe is more like the walls of the heart have become thick..." + (show)
@oldkarl

@corgianne Actually, what you describe is more like the walls of the heart have become thick (13-19) and leathery, forcing the heart to beat faster but less efficiently to pump the proper supply of blood. This is the result of Amyloid fibrils invading the muscles and nerves. Some folks say the shorted supply must be to my weak brain, but I just try to ignore them.

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Good for you, @oldkarl.

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