Comments on: What does it mean when i have strange heart beats? http://www.beatswagger.net/what-does-it-mean-when-i-have-strange-heart-beats/ Wed, 23 May 2012 07:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Beetle in a Box http://www.beatswagger.net/what-does-it-mean-when-i-have-strange-heart-beats/comment-page-1/#comment-4029 Beetle in a Box Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:13:28 +0000 #comment-4029 Go to your cardiologist, tell him "Gee, I dunno" doesn't cut it, and get a 24-hour Holter monitor or cardiac event monitor so you can get an EKG of these heartbeats when they happen. The cardiologist will be able to diagnose the arrhythmia from that and take appropriate action, if any is needed. Go to your cardiologist, tell him "Gee, I dunno" doesn’t cut it, and get a 24-hour Holter monitor or cardiac event monitor so you can get an EKG of these heartbeats when they happen. The cardiologist will be able to diagnose the arrhythmia from that and take appropriate action, if any is needed.

]]> By: reddfaery2012 http://www.beatswagger.net/what-does-it-mean-when-i-have-strange-heart-beats/comment-page-1/#comment-4030 reddfaery2012 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:13:28 +0000 #comment-4030 Sounds like Tachycardia (sp?). It basically means a temporarily abnormal heartbeat. It can be brought on by lots of things, stress being a big one! Each episode was different in what brought it on. Sometimes I'd be doing nothing at all, like sleeping. My cardiologist also found nothing. The EKG showed nothing, yet I felt it very definitely. My GP told me that I probably had an anxiety issue. I had it for years, then it suddenly went away almost completely. Get it checked out, but don't worry yourself sick. Does it feel kind of like when you first start to go down a big drop on a roller coaster? Sounds like Tachycardia (sp?). It basically means a temporarily abnormal heartbeat. It can be brought on by lots of things, stress being a big one! Each episode was different in what brought it on. Sometimes I’d be doing nothing at all, like sleeping. My cardiologist also found nothing. The EKG showed nothing, yet I felt it very definitely. My GP told me that I probably had an anxiety issue. I had it for years, then it suddenly went away almost completely. Get it checked out, but don’t worry yourself sick. Does it feel kind of like when you first start to go down a big drop on a roller coaster?

]]> By: b8k3p http://www.beatswagger.net/what-does-it-mean-when-i-have-strange-heart-beats/comment-page-1/#comment-4031 b8k3p Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:13:28 +0000 #comment-4031 It's a possibility that you have something called a PVC. If that's the case, they're harmless. It feels like your heart is skipping a beat -- but, in reality, the wrong part of the heart starts the beat, so the heart has to re-set itself. Over half of the population has PVC's -- and anxiety about them can definitely cause an increased heart rate. If they continue, return to the cardiologist and ask for a stress test or a holter monitor. It’s a possibility that you have something called a PVC. If that’s the case, they’re harmless. It feels like your heart is skipping a beat — but, in reality, the wrong part of the heart starts the beat, so the heart has to re-set itself.

Over half of the population has PVC’s — and anxiety about them can definitely cause an increased heart rate.

If they continue, return to the cardiologist and ask for a stress test or a holter monitor.

]]> By: KB from AZ http://www.beatswagger.net/what-does-it-mean-when-i-have-strange-heart-beats/comment-page-1/#comment-4032 KB from AZ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:13:28 +0000 #comment-4032 Have your thyroid checked! It is a simple blood test (make sure they run the TSH, T3 and T4). Thyroid conditions can cause your heart to beat rapidly and do strange things. Have your thyroid checked! It is a simple blood test (make sure they run the TSH, T3 and T4). Thyroid conditions can cause your heart to beat rapidly and do strange things.

]]> By: TonyDCM http://www.beatswagger.net/what-does-it-mean-when-i-have-strange-heart-beats/comment-page-1/#comment-4028 TonyDCM Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:13:27 +0000 #comment-4028 It may be Paroxysmal Supra Ventricular Tachycardia, a very common electrical conduction problem occurring at the top of the heart in the atria. It is paroxysmal because it doesn't occur constantly and when it appears, it will terminate just as randomly as it started. A Holter monitor would be warranted for this to try and catch the arrhythmia to document exactly what type it was; if the Holter fails to do this, an Event monitor would be then warranted. Please see your cardiologist to have these tests done. It may be Paroxysmal Supra Ventricular Tachycardia, a very common electrical conduction problem occurring at the top of the heart in the atria. It is paroxysmal because it doesn’t occur constantly and when it appears, it will terminate just as randomly as it started. A Holter monitor would be warranted for this to try and catch the arrhythmia to document exactly what type it was; if the Holter fails to do this, an Event monitor would be then warranted. Please see your cardiologist to have these tests done.

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