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Was this an Afib attack or PVCs? Anxiety triggered?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Aug 19, 2022 | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
@robbie1956 Hi I can relate to your issue. I too experienced PVC but mostly as a byproduct of the Ventricular Tachycardia. But like you were told and i was too they are not really dangerous and my EP said i didn't have enough in a row to be concerned about treatment. Now i usually only had them occur maybe in runs of a few minutes but for me they were concerning that if i got a vt episode is when i needed help ( usually by my pacemaker) within a minute or so.
But in your case it sounds more like afib which can happen for long periods of time. I had a friend with that condition and he would sometimes go for hours and if it didn't stop on its own he would go to the Hospital and get converted. But it was never life threatening. I know tho how concerning it can be. For me i am truly convinced that stress can bring them on. It like a catch 22 of sorts. The PVCs get you nervous and that's what keeps them going. I will say that i know for me my more dangerous problem was if i went into a VT episode i could always tell the difference by checking my pulse. Pvcs will feel like skipped beats in your pulse but when something worse was happening my pulse would like disappear which during a VT arrhythmia is when the heart starts to quiver and blood stops flowing. The good news is as i was told is the PVCs which most people have on occasion is not a symptom of something worse. I think its because due to having a heart condition we notice every little thing that feels different. So try to relax when you feel them and not concentrate on them. Easy to say right! I look forward nto hearing what you find out in a couple of weeks. The one symptom that i always knew propted a 911 call was a feeling of not being able to breath. So i hope that helps. Let me know if i can be of any other information.
Have a Blessed Day
Dana
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Hi, and just returning to update my post....I went to the Cardiologist yesterday and he read my EKG and the Med update from another Cardiologist at Walter Reed Bethesda who I saw on July 2nd and explained to me that the PVCs and PACs that I’m feeling are benign....interesting to note that, both Cardiologists (while not dismissing entirely) the High Sensitivity Troponin test done in the ER which was slightly elevated on the first lab, then went down an hour later on the second lab, did not hold much credence in that test..in a slightly elevated number..something about a flatline, or baseline..? But my ECG showed normal sinus rhythm with incomplete right bundle branch block....he told me (in lay terms) that I was doing ok, stay on my meds, try not to get stressed over the cadence that the Ectopics engender...I asked again about the Vagus Nerve, REFLUX, belching, bloating Ectopic connection, and he actually did say that they have made a connection with acid indigestion and the Ectopics, because of the proximity of the esophagus and the chamber of the heart...can sometimes cause these Ectopics when irritated....anyway, I’m grateful for your input originally and thought I would get back here and report my visit to this discussion group. So between your supportive reply and combined with the July 2nd visit, I feel somewhat comforted even when I still get these uncomfortable things.....
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@danab hi Dana, and thanks for the wonderful advise...to try to relax when I feel these skips, flips and something like my stomach moving upwards is advice I’ve been given time and time again by my Cardiologists through the years....but it’s comforting to hear it from another person with personal experience....I have read that overstimulation of the vagus nerve can be caused by bloating, indigestion, belching, and symptoms associated with acid reflux and hiatus hernia thus causing these palpitations.....maybe this is what I could be feeling when my stomach feels like it is coming up....but I go to my Cardiologist on the 30th.....I’m almost reluctant to mention some of these ideas about stomach indigestion/vagus nerve palpitation connection to him, because I did so once before and while he was polite and patient, he did not seem to really associate the two......thanks again.