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Ectopic heart episodes and GERD, acid indigestion issues

Posted by robbie1956 @robbie1956, Sep 26, 2020

This seems to help at nighttime , especially when the gut seems full, or the hiatus hernia or diaphragm seems to push up into the chest causing these awful Ectopic episodes....or am I just reaching? That’s the feeling I get from the responses from various Cardiologists I’ve seen over the years

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dave999 | @dave999 | Jan 13, 2023
In reply to @nash123 "PPI's can cause magnesium depletion, which can cause heart arrhythmias. Google it, some scientific articles on..." + (show)
@nash123

PPI's can cause magnesium depletion, which can cause heart arrhythmias. Google it, some scientific articles on it.
Good Luck

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Many thanks for the interesting link between PPI’s and Magnesium deficiency.
Is this part of the reason that magnesium supplements can assist in reducing ectopic beats?

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degarden_girl | @degarden_girl | Jan 18, 2023
In reply to @dave999 "Hi Robbie, Thank God there is someone else out there who suffers the same condition. I..." + (show)
@dave999

Hi Robbie,
Thank God there is someone else out there who suffers the same condition.
I can’t get my Cardio to link the two.
I have a sliding hiatus hernia and experience ectopics on a ridiculous scale.
All my cardio tests have come back with benign ectopics but I just wish they would go away.
The only thing that offers me relief is Mylanta or other antacids, and for some curious reason belching helps also.
I hope you are well.
🙏

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My cardio tells me that the esophagus runs right along side the aorta and gerd or other irritation of the esophagus can irritate the aorta and cause PVCs. So my doc does link the two issues.

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dave999 | @dave999 | Jan 18, 2023
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@degarden_girl

My cardio tells me that the esophagus runs right along side the aorta and gerd or other irritation of the esophagus can irritate the aorta and cause PVCs. So my doc does link the two issues.

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Many thanks!🙏
I also have a hunch that the Vagus nerve has a part to play, but try explaining that to my Cardio’s.🙄

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bettersleep68 | @bettersleep68 | Jan 19, 2023

My heart palpitations..I think was from gerd also..heart would flip the it made me burp and gas..I know this sounds weird but I know now that others have the same symptoms from gerd

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pamgalvani | @pamgalvani | Jan 20, 2023
In reply to @dave999 "Many thanks!🙏 I also have a hunch that the Vagus nerve has a part to play,..." + (show)
@dave999

Many thanks!🙏
I also have a hunch that the Vagus nerve has a part to play, but try explaining that to my Cardio’s.🙄

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I’ve dealt with AFIB for twenty years. Although I now have an AV node block and a pacemaker to control my beat 100% of the time, I still experience a lot of the AFIB sensations. I take Eliquis and Metoprolol. I have long suspected the Vagus nerve as a player in the AFIB.

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doglover888 | @doglover888 | Jan 21, 2023
In reply to @danab "@robbie1956 Hi i was just thinking have you tried sleeping with your head raised up a..." + (show)
@danab

@robbie1956 Hi i was just thinking have you tried sleeping with your head raised up a bit? When i was having gi issues i noticed when I was at the Hospital and could raise the head of the bed my reflux was better. Just a thought and i can relate to that feeling of not wanting to sleep due to PVCs. It always seemed my heart would act up at night while lying down. But it always seemed better when at the hospital. Also i do know that sleep apnea can stress the Heart when sleeping and will not help with PVCs and heart rhythm. Something to maybe ask about.
Dana

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Hi. I have to sleep with my head raised so I bought a good wedge pillow online. If I don't use it, I aspirate due to having my esophagus removed and the stomach stretched. Lots of fun! Not. Anyway the pillow is a lot cheaper than buying a bed.

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marilynawilson47 | @marilynawilson47 | Jan 22, 2023

THE WEDGE always hurts my neck. My ENT doc said to get the bed lifts for under the legs of a bed (bed risers) and put them only on the headboard section to raise the head part of the bed. It is about 4”. Haven’t had GERD since then. It is better than the wedge because it doesn’t bend your upper body, but sort of tilts the whole bed just a bit. Good for all people really. Heart health.

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degarden_girl | @degarden_girl | Jan 24, 2023
In reply to @degarden_girl "My cardio tells me that the esophagus runs right along side the aorta and gerd or..." + (show)
@degarden_girl

My cardio tells me that the esophagus runs right along side the aorta and gerd or other irritation of the esophagus can irritate the aorta and cause PVCs. So my doc does link the two issues.

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Just to add more info on my above comment, I have been having steady PVCs almost as soon as I lie down at night and they would go on for hours, preventing sleep. I had been having two clementines before bed but this one night I had an apple instead. No PVCs. So Clementines are apparently a trigger for GERD for me and the GERD was triggering the PVCs. Others who suffer with PVCs may find a similar trigger within their diets.

Although considered benign, PVCs can so disturb our lives as to make them anything but.

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hunby2blas | @hunby2blas | Jan 24, 2023
In reply to @robbie1956 "Hello, I decided to also follow this discussion group because of GERD, Hiatus Hernia and a..." + (show)
@robbie1956

Hello, I decided to also follow this discussion group because of GERD, Hiatus Hernia and a need to belch, also bloating and what I have read could be a Vagus nerve irritation that could be triggering these god awful episodes of flips, flops PVCs PACs whatever.....I have been taking Mylanta at night and it seems to help ......but, frankly, what I’ve read and gone through with these things is something that I can’t get my Cardiologist to put any credence to a connection between the Ectopics and digestion.....

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i would get a second opinion with someone who is known to be thorough. this brings back memories of my mother in aroundthe mid 1930 s , they thought it was her stomach when she was under stress but found out it was her heart

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