After having COVID started having SVT / heart issues
After having COVID , I have had heart issues and was seen by Winchester Medical Center cardiologist and diagnosed as SVT. I was prescribed 25mg of metoprolol. I have episodes every so often and my heart usually runs about 130-150 bpm during the SVT episodes and last from a few minutes to 4+ hours .
When I exercise or physically exert myself it seems my heart rate is higher than it should be . I am trying to decide what to do from here ?
Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Heart Rhythm Conditions Support Group.
Your note makes it sounds like COVID damaged your heart. Could it be a coincidence that your “heart issues” started after you had it? Heart arrhythmias show up when they do. One day I had never experienced tachycardia, and the next day I did.
If you had written “after having a COVID vaccine,” I would be concerned. Cardiac damage caused by these unproven vaccines is more than anecdotal. Main Street Medicine does not want to go there though. They are still following government narrative and saying the vaccines are safe and without side effects. However, cases of being documented.
It could be just a coincidence, a case of 'post hoc, ergo propter hoc' (Latin for 'After this, so because of this.') It is fallacious reasoning because it could be that the SVT was gonna happen anyway at that time, or shortly thereafter. The COVID may have brought it on, or may have accelerated the onset due to pericarditis (which is common with both COVID..........AND FROM....the vaccine. In case anyone scoffs at the latter, the State of Kansas is suing Pfizer for misrepresentation on the safety of its vaccine. Others are sure to sue, even if cynically to help cover their costs and overruns during the pandemic.)
You should soon be referred to an electrophysiologist, a heart 'electrician', who specializes in disordered heart rhythms. Ideally, you can do without for a while as long as the drugs work, but like the disorder itself, the drugs wear off their welcome and soon you need more of them, or different drugs, or you'll need an ablation.
You are in a lot of good company. There are many of us that are suffering with heart issues/arrythmias directly after Covid/vaccine. There’s a thousand support groups on Facebook with everyone having the same stuff. Metropolol is def a go-to. There are extended release beta blockers too that may give you better coverage. I’d suggest you see an EP and have it all monitored, but I agree with another commenter, doctors are still mostly ignoring the correlation.
I am not a run to the doctor or hospital person. For me, I would make sure I am eating a really healthy diet with no stimulants in it. Nothing with caffeine - coffee, chocolate, colas. Get more rest than you did in the past. Do what you can to minimize stress. If you are taking any meds, investigate their side effects.